A portfolio of complaints about the Welsh Ambulance Service is being compiled by Monmouth's AM.

Nick Ramsay said he was "extremely concerned" to read the front page of last week's Beacon, which reported how a 91-year-old woman apparently waited two hours for an ambulance after suffering a fall.

He is putting together a portfolio of complaints he has received recently from constituents concerning unacceptable delays with the ambulance service.

Mr Ramsay intends to discuss these complaints and particularly the ambulance problem in Monmouth with the regional director and chairman of the Welsh Ambulance Trust at a meeting now scheduled to take place in Cwmbran on Friday 13th April.

"The front page of last week's Beacon shows that my meeting with the ambulance service cannot come a moment too soon," said Mr Ramsay.

"Unfortunately, the meeting was originally scheduled to take place on 14th February but has already been postponed on two occasions due to the regional director's other commitments.

"In view of the ongoing problems locally I hope that next month's postponed meeting will go ahead as planned.

"Any constituents with serious complaints about ambulance delay should contact me if they would like their case to be discussed at the meeting."

Contact Nick Ramsay's Usk office on 01291 674898 or email [email protected]">[email protected]

• In response to last week's front page story, a Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "The Trust received an increased amount of emergency calls throughout the Saturday and at the time of this incident all ambulances were dealing with life threatening emergencies.

"We very much regret the delay in our response and would encourage the patient to contact us should they wish to discuss any concerns they may have."