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ASSURANCES have been sought that nursing provision will be maintained on Shetlandâs outer islands.
Shetland South councillor Allison Duncan raised the issue at a meeting of the full council on Wednesday, adding that it was a âvery serious concernâ in Fair Isle.
His question came as councillors discussed a review of a health and social care joint strategic commissioning plan.
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Integration joint board chief officer Brian Chittick said health authorities were always keen to engage with ânon-doctorâ islands.
âWeâre certainly aligned to providing that care on an ongoing basis, to support the communities with what they need from a healthcare perspective,â he said.
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A LOCAL campaigner has said a recent incident at the Tesco supermarket in Lerwick when a pensioner had to lie on the cold stone floor waiting for an ambulance for almost an hour and a half is further evidence of the urgent need for a Shetland-based emergency services control room.
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Councillor Allison (Flea) Duncan said he fears that someone will lose their life before the centralisation of ambulance, fire and police control rooms has been replaced with an a system that more appropriately serves the needs of a rural community such as Shetland.
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A SHETLAND councillor is calling for a local emergency services control centre to be created in the islands, a move that could ensure quicker and more accurate responses by the blue light services, he said.
Councillor Allison (Flea) Duncanâs campaign comes after an elderly lady who had suffered a broken pelvis last month had to wait for almost four hours for an ambulance to arrive after the initial call was redirected to Edinburgh.
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An ambulance was only sent after the family of the woman called the Gilbert Bain Hospital, in Lerwick, as well as 999 again inquiring how much longer they had to wait for ambulance to arrive.
Duncan provided a false name but when her true identity was discovered by police she was found to have an active warrant to arrest. Officers also discovered a sawn-off .22 calibre firearm, wrapped in a blue gang shirt, in the rear passenger foot well of the car. Duncan, who was also found in possession of a glass methamphetamine pipe and a flick knife, declined to comment but admitted the gun was hers. Defence lawyer Samantha Hunt, appearing for Nina Laird, sought an end sentence of five months’ imprisonment on the firearm charge. Police prosecutor Sergeant Lewis Sutton believed a sentence in the range of five months or higher was warranted.