The private ambulance firm that was carrying a New Buckenham grandmother as she died has been shut down by care watchdogs. Premier Rescue Ambulance Service (PRSA) has been struck off following a CQC inspection in September - which rated the Somerset-based firm as ‘Inadequate’. The service was carrying 81-year-old Peggy Copeman whilst she died from a cardiac arrest on the hard shoulder of the M1 back on December 16, 2019. Four days later she was put in a PRSA ambulance and sent back to Norfolk but became unresponsive during the journey and died in the back of the vehicle. The 57-year-old, of The Street, North Lopham, continued: “If they can treat an 81-year old-lady like that as she died whilst sitting bested them it speaks volumes.

Source: Express January 15, 2022 15:12 UTC