§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will print a table showing district health authorities by the groupings within which ambulance services are organised.
§ Mr. John PattenFollowing is the table:
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Management of ambulance services Managing authority Districts covered Northern RHA Northumberland, Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside Durham HA Durham, North West Durham, South West Durham, Darlington South Tees HA South Tees, North Tees, Hartlepool East Cumbria HA East Cumbria, West Cumbria, South Cumbria Yorkshire RHA Dewsbury, Pontefract, Leeds Western, Leeds Eastern, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Calderdale, Bradford Beverley HA Beverley, East Yorkshire, Scunthorpe, Grimsby York HA York, Airedale, Northallerton, Harrogate, Scarborough Trent RHA Barnsley, Doncaster, Sheffield and Rotherham Southern Derbyshire Southern Derbyshire, North Derbyshire Nottingham HA Nottingham, Bassetlaw, Central Nottinghamshire North Lincolnshire HA North Lincolnshire, South Lincolnshire Leicestershire HA Leicestershire Cambridge HA Cambridge, Peterborough, Huntingdon Norwich HA Norwich, West Norfolk and Wisbech, Great Yarmouth and Waveney East Suffolk HA East Suffolk, West Suffolk North Bedfordshire HA North Bedfordshire, South Bedfordshire East Hertfordshire HA East Hertfordshire, North Hertfordshire, North West Hertfordshire, South West Hertfordshire Mid-Essex HA Mid-Essex, West Essex, North East Essex, Southend, Basildon and Thurrock Medway HA Medway, Dartford and Gravesham, Canterbury and Thanet, Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, South East Kent Eastbourne HA Eastbourne, Brighton, Hastings South West Thames RHA The districts comprising Greater London East Surrey HA East Surrey, Mid Surrey, North West Surrey, South West Surrey Worthing HA Worthing, Chichester, Mid-Downs Winchester HA Winchester, Basingstoke and North Hampshire, Portsmouth, South East Hampshire, Southampton and South West Hampshire East Dorset HA East Dorset, West Dorset Swindon HA Swindon, Bath, Salisbury Isle of Wight HA Isle of Wight Oxfordshire HA Oxfordshire Northampton HA Northampton, Kettering Aylesbury Vale HA Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes, Wycombe West Berkshire HA West Berkshire, East Berkshire Bristol and Weston HA Bristol and Weston, Southmead, Frenchay Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Managing authority Districts covered Exeter HA Exeter, North Devon, Torbay, Plymouth Gloucester HA Gloucester, Cheltenham and District Somerset HA Somerset West Midlands RHA The districts comprising the West Midlands Metropolitan County Worcester and District HA Worcester and District, Herefordshire, Bromsgrove and Redditch, Kidderminster and District Shropshire HA Shropshire Mid-Staffordshire HA Mid-Staffordshire, North Staffordshire, South East Staffordshire South Warwickshire HA South Warwickshire Mersey RHA The districts comprising the Merseyside Metropolitan County Chester HA Chester, Halton, Warrington, Macclesfield, Crewe North Western RHA The districts comprising the Greater Manchester Metropolitan County Preston HA Preston, Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde, Lancaster, Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley, Chorley and South Ribble, Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale
§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many emergency calls were answered by ambulance services in England, in each regional health authority and in the group of district health authorities in Cheshire which jointly organise their services, per 100,000 of population, in each of the last five years;
(2) how many miles were driven by (a) non-emergency ambulances, and (b) emergency ambulances in each regional health authority and in each group of district health authorities which jointly organise their services, in 1979 and at the latest available date;
(3) what is the average number of emergency ambulances on call per 100,000 of population in England in each regional health authority and in each group of district health authorities which organise their ambulance services jointly;
(4) how many staff are employed in the ambulance services of each regional health authority and in each group of district health authorities which organise their services jointly, distinguishing between front line staff and support staff at December 1982 and at the latest available date.
§ Mr. John PattenI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what guidelines exist for the provision of ambulance services in rural areas.
§ Mr. John PattenComprehensive guidance to health authorities on the operational control and use of ambulance services is set out in health circular HC(78)45. This includes advice on the special considerations of providing ambulance transport in rural areas. A copy of the circular is in the Library.