Ambulance Service

HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 cc385-7W

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) officers and (b) ambulance men and women were in post per thousand resident population in each year since 1991–92 in each regional health authority.

Mr. Sackville

[holding answer 19 May 1994]: The information available is shown in the tables.

Notes:

1. Includes data for NHS trusts in each region.

2. It is not possible to disaggregate the numbers of officers and control assistants.

3. The 1991 figures for Northern region and 1992 figures for North West Thames region have been corrected and vary from those published previously. The 1992 population figures—estimates—have been updated and vary from those published previously.

4. London ambulance service population figures determined by using districts in the four Thames regions whose ambulance service is covered by the LAS.