COUNCILLORS in the East Riding are asking ambulance bosses to reassure them the service can cope with demand.

The council resolved yesterday to ask the Yorkshire Ambulance Service for a performance update, and for the commissioners’ opinions on whether the service is meeting the needs of East Riding residents.

Cllr Arthur Hodgson, who put forward the motion passed by the full council, said: “This is a national problem but I am concerned about the effects the response times are having on the East Riding’s rural communities. Over the past five years, I have seen the Yorkshire Ambulance Service fail in its performance against the required performance standard, and this continues to be of great concern.”