An "emotionally devastated" son says his mum would still be alive if the Welsh Ambulance Service was resourced properly.

Mat Davies hit out after an inquest found delays in service provision contributed to the death of Jacqueline Davies earlier this year.

The assistant deputy coroner Wayne Griffiths recorded a narrative verdict last Thursday (1st December) in Aberdare following an inquest into the death of Ms Davies.

He said the 49-year-old collapsed outside her house in Monmouth before being admitted to Abergavenny's Nevill Hall Hospital on 11th January.

"She was subsequently transferred to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, to enable her to be admitted to a High Dependency Unit," he said.

"Her condition subsequently deteriorated and she died on 20th January at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

"Her death may have been contributed to by the following – there was a delay in the handing over of patients to registered health care professionals at district general hospitals resulting in delayed responses to calls waiting, there was a delay in the provision of a Rapid Response Vehicle and subsequently an ambulance from adjacent ambulance trusts.

"There was additionally an unacceptable reason for the Rapid Response Vehicle at Monmouth not being operative from 3am on 11th January and a delay in that Rapid Response Vehicle's attendance on that day due to it not being charged and hence not starting promptly."

Mr Griffiths also sent a 'Rule 43' letter to the Welsh Ambulance Service.

For full story see Beacon 7/12/11.