THE health watchdog for Bromsgrove has raised concerns about ambulance response times in the town, and fears that some areas may be neglected.

At Tuesday's meeting, members of the Bromsgrove and Redditch Community Health Council were concerned about the ten per cent of ambulances not reaching patients within the target eight minutes.

Council chairman the Rev Andrew Smith said: "Is it one part of Worcestershire they don't get to and it takes three days or is it just because of busy periods?

"It is unacceptable if there is an area that is just written off."

He said they had no evidence that was so, but they wanted the Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service to address these questions.