He called for a swift conclusion to a current ambulance service review.

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The allegations of misconduct were investigated, and swift action was taken against those Secret Service personnel who had engaged in that misconduct.

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Mike Farrar, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents managers, said he was "absolutely convinced that the hospitals in these cases will have taken swift action to improve the levels of service and indeed the levels of staffing on those wards".

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Serco said it had taken "swift and decisive action" to improve its service.

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After completing his undergraduate studies (and a rushed MA thesis on Jonathan Swift) Hoggart embarked on five years active service in wartime North Africa and Italy.

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In an interview with BBC London to mark a year since the riots, the Crown Prosecution Service's chief prosecutor Alison Saunders backed the swift and tough justice meted out to culprits.

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