Nikki Williamson died on November 1, 2003, from an epileptic seizure when an emergency crew took more than half an hour to turn up for the 15-year-old.
A mum whose daughter died after ambulance service delays has warned nothing has been learned from her child’s death – more than 20 years on.
She said the fact half of paramedics are witnessing deaths due to delays at hospitals, according to a trade union survey – as well as a rise in average response times – shows the government has not kept its promise. “Funding has not kept pace and people are dying. How is it possible or acceptable that this is still happening?”A paramedic in a car arrived in nine minutes but was unable to bring Nikki out of her seizure and so radioed for an ambulance.
She got to the hospital 45 minutes after her family first called 999 but by then it was too late to save her. She said: “I will be telling John Swinney that when this happened to my child, the government promised changes. Why has that not happened and why is it still in such a state? Why are people still dying needlessly?
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