North West Ambulance Award for Saddleworth Liberal Democrats
[caption id="attachment_160" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cllr Garth Harkness with Lisa Stanway from NWAS (who supported us with the scheme and supported the nomination)[/caption] Oldham and Saddleworth Liberal Democrats have won an award from North West Ambulance Service. Councillor Garth Harkness attended the North West Ambulance Cardiac Smart award on Friday 23rd June 2017 in Leyland. The awards were presented to groups who have helped make the local area more resilient in terms of improving the clinical outcomes of those who have unfortunately suffered a cardiac arrest. Saddleworth based Liberal Democrat councillors Alan Roughley, Garth Harkness and Derek Heffernan ran a campaign to get a defibrillator in every village in Saddleworth to be accessible 24 hours. Councillor Garth Harkness said “It is a great privilege to be receiving such an award which…