§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will direct extra resources to be made available to the North Staffordshire district health authority to enable the response to ambulance calls from Kidsgrove to meet the Occon standard.
§ Mr. FreemanThe allocation of resources to the Staffordshire ambulance service is the responsibility of the West Midlands regional health authority which has this year increased its allocation to the service by £403,000 to £6,229,000. I understand that the Staffordshire ambulance service has commissioned a full review of its services to identify areas for improvement.