Following this reader's recent experience of a transfer from St Mary's to the hospital in Portsmouth Hospital taking three hours, he says it's time to upgrade the ambulances used.
The Coastguard, Ambulance Service, Fire Service and Police were all involved in the incident which took place just after 6pm on Thursday night. Our thoughts are with family and friends.
Our thoughts are with the man's family and friends at this tragic time. The area has been cordoned off by police and we'll update once we have more information.
Volunteer Community First Responders use their own cars, no blue lights or sirens, but being local means they can be on scene with a patient in just a few minutes
Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the rider who died on the scene, and with his passenger who has been taken to Southampton General Hospital with life-threatening injuries
Questions raised of adequate Island ambulance cover after a young child has to be medicated by helicopter scrambled from Southampton as no Island ambulance is available.
Latest figures from the Department for Transport reveal that the number of people seriously hurt or killed on the Isle of Wight’s roads has steadily increased over the past few years. Details within