§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the criteria on which calls received by the London ambulance service are transferred to the patients transport service, after 8 pm Monday to Friday and at weekends; how many calls were transferred; how many calls were taken up by patient transport services; how many calls were of an urgent and non-urgent nature over the past three months; and over what period such statistics are available.
§ Mr. SackvilleOnly in exceptional circumstances should calls for emergency ambulances be passed to the patient transport service. There are no records held centrally of when this may have occurred in the London ambulance service. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. James Harris, chairman of the London ambulance service, for details.