§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many miles were covered each year since 1979 by the London ambulance service in(a) emergency services, (b) non-emergency services, (c) mini-cabs and (d) volunteer drivers;
(2) how many emergency-equipped London ambulances were available at 6 pm on 18 November; and what was the equivalent for each year since 1983.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is given in the tables.
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Non Emergency Emergency 1Ambulances Hired cars Ambulance car service Total 1985 3,695,393 8,011,723 82,498 1,457,380 9,551,601 1986 3,702,688 6,406,224 240,170 1,763,843 8,410,237 19872 3,767,080 6,155,357 222,679 1,860,959 8,238,995 1 Includes vehicles on loan to day hospitals. 2 Data for 1987 projected.
Table 2: Number of emergency equipped ambulances available on 18 November 1983 and equivalent dates since Rostered Actually available Wednesday 23 November 1983 134 134 Wednesday 21 November 1984 134 134 Wednesday 20 November 1985 134 133 Wednesday 19 November 1986 1154 152 Wednesday 18 November 1987 154 2125 1 Front-line ambulances on late turn increased by 20, as a part of the ambulance staff review, in March 1986. 486W
Average daily number of available beds, National Health Service hospitals, London 1979 to 1986 Health authorities 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 North West Thames Barnet 2,841 2,800 2,771 2,748 2,670 2,551 2,445 2,324 Harrow 908 902 914 938 935 878 905 886 Hillingdon 1,628 1,480 1,528 1,526 1,499 1,406 1,378 1,329 Hounslow and Spelthorne 1 1 1 1,548 1,497 1,447 1,382 1,356 Ealing 1,709 1,713 1,753 1,725 1,663 1,622 1,543 1,509 Brent 2,316 2,332 2,263 2,273 2,203 2,059 1,939 1,883 Paddington and North Kensington 1,365 1,276 1,236 1,216 1,211 1,187 1,211 1,208 Riverside2 1 1 1 3,946 3,845 3,708 3,465 3,091 North East Thames Barking, Havering and Brentwood 3,283 3,238 3,183 3,095 3,033 2,984 2,878 2,765 Hampstead 1 1 1 1,963 1,919 1,894 1,875 1,818 Bloomsbury 1 1 1 2,487 2,490 2,344 2,116 1,971 Islington 1 1 1 1,177 1,105 1,018 917 866 City and Hackney 1,990 1,867 1,743 1,887 1,884 1,853 1,754 1,686 Newham 941 924 936 887 845 877 880 876 Tower Hamlets 1,561 1,484 1,605 1,433 1,396 1,363 1,355 1,290 Enfield 1,234 1,217 1,137 1,087 1,114 1,076 1,069 1,055 Haringey 1,236 1,122 1,143 1,157 1,109 1,028 986 1,072 Redbridge 1,655 1,655 1,650 1,633 1,644 1,630 1,617 1,553 Waltham Forest 3,311 3,318 3,245 3,051 2,842 2,667 2,508 2,407 South East Thames Bexley 1,653 1,667 1,635 1,585 1,543 1,468 1,435 1,386 Greenwich 1,777 1,666 1,623 1,598 1,611 1,586 1,517 1,334 Bromley 2,591 2,491 2,466 2,377 2,296 2,116 1,989 1,887 West Lambeth 1 1 1 2,100 2,119 2,066 1,993 1,887 Camberwell 1,432 1,366 1,332 1,289 1,279 1,232 1,264 1,232 Lewisham and North Southwark 2,336 2,257 2,208 2,185 2,194 2,058 2,048 1,910 South West Thames Croydon 3,192 3,089 3,006 2,929 2,860 2,728 2,637 2,397 Kingston and Esher 1 1 1 1,564 1,517 1,457 1,416 1,378 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 1 1 1 979 970 916 868 860 Wandsworth 2,871 2,689 2,543 2,476 2,494 2,534 2,338 2,234 Merton and Sutton 2,687 2,610 2,510 2,495 2,477 2,390 2,332 2,235 Special Health Authorities The Hospital for Sick Children 517 506 544 494 474 418 410 402 National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 357 355 345 356 351 341 349 338 Moorfields Eye Hospital 208 204 204 208 210 181 163 152 Bethlehem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals 472 492 497 501 498 506 504 511 National Heart and Chest Hospitals 603 570 577 556 552 540 449 423 The Royal Marsden Hospital 361 361 350 340 343 333 344 354
2 The difference between rostered ambulances and available ambulances was due to a ban on voluntary overtime. This action took place between 4 November 1987 and 2 December 1987.