Kayleigh's petition

Added: (Fri Nov 03 2006)

Pressbox (Press Release) - Mum Jean Murphy, 47, of the Market Estate off North Road, Holloway, launched Kayleigh's petition to get paramedics on all London ambulances.

She has gathered about 10,000 signatures and will submit them to 10 Downing Street on November 24, when Kayleigh would have turned 16.

Ms Murphy said: "The worst thing was waiting for an ambulance that never came and when it did come, it may as well have been a taxi.

Martin McTigue, the ambulance operations manager for Islington, said: "I would be the first to say that we didn't offer an appropriate response.

"We have to learn lessons from this. But we don't need more paramedics - we need to respond appropriately."

A new system means the service will know which vehicles have paramedics, and it has been decided that patients having a prolonged fit need a paramedic.

The service's medical director is also calling for technicians to be able to administer drugs.