Motion · S2M-03877 · 25 Jan 2006
Air Ambulance Trials in Orkney
The motion
That the Parliament notes the proposal of the Scottish Ambulance Service to replace the Kirkwall-based BN Islander aircraft, successfully used for many years to provide air ambulance cover for Orkney, with an Inverness-based EC 135 helicopter which also covers a much wider area of the Highlands and Islands and beyond; further notes that trials of the helicopter on service in Orkney, carried out since spring 2005, have done little to provide assurances that it can provide even an equal level of service to that provided by the Islander aircraft, with particular concerns relating to its ability to fly in Orkney's winter weather and also its ability to provide adequate cover for the wide area it will be required to serve, and believes that, if the Kirkwall-based Islander aircraft is not retained as a back-up facility beyond the end of March 2006, Orkney will be left with poorer quality and potentially unsafe air ambulance cover.
Supporters (16)
- Brian Adam 30 Jan 2006
- Frances Curran 30 Jan 2006
- Rob Gibson 30 Jan 2006
- Robin Harper 30 Jan 2006
- Carolyn Leckie 30 Jan 2006
- Mr Alasdair Morrison 30 Jan 2006
- Euan Robson 30 Jan 2006
- Stewart Stevenson 30 Jan 2006
- Dr Jean Turner 30 Jan 2006
- Mr Brian Monteith 1 Feb 2006
- Mike Pringle 1 Feb 2006
- Mr David Davidson 2 Feb 2006
- Donald Gorrie 2 Feb 2006
- Jamie Stone 6 Feb 2006
- Eleanor Scott 22 Feb 2006
- Nora Radcliffe 23 Feb 2006
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.