HC Deb 03 May 1994 vol 242 cc492-4W
Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the base locations of all accident and emergency ambulances in Strathclyde and Dumfries and Galloway; and which are(a) single manned or (b) double manned.

Mr. Stewart

[holding answer 27 April 1994]: The locations of ambulance stations are as follows:

Ambulance Stations within Strathclyde

  • Greenock
  • Rothesay
  • Dunoon
  • Tighnabruich
  • Vale of Leven
  • Arrochar
  • Helensburgh
  • Lochgilphead
  • Tarbert
  • Bowmore
  • Campbeltown
  • Gigha (Contractor)
  • Oban
  • Dalmally
  • Inverary
  • Mull
  • Colonsay (Contractor)
  • Tiree (Contractor)
  • Ayr
  • Dalmellington
  • Girvan
  • Kilbirnie
  • Largs
  • Millport
  • Lamlash
  • Irvine
  • Kilmarnock
  • Cumnock
  • Glasgow Central
  • Glasgow South
  • Glasgow East
  • Glasgow West
  • Kirkintilloch
  • Law
  • Shotts
  • Biggar
  • Douglas

Ambulance Stations within Dumfries and Galloway

  • Dumfries
  • Thornhill
  • Kirkconnel
  • Annan
  • Langholm
  • Lockerbie
  • Moffat
  • Newcastleton
  • Stranraer
  • Newton Stewart
  • Castle Douglas

We are committed to the double-manning of accident and emergency ambulances. We have made £6 million available over the last four years towards the elimination of single-manning.

Only those stations staffed by contractors are exclusively single-manned. At other stations the number of single-manned responses will depend on the level of "on-call" single-manned rostering and the incidence of short notice sickness absence. The percentage of single-manned responses across Scotland has fallen from 8.7 per cent. in 1990–91 to 1.75 per cent. in 1993–94. In Dumfries and Galloway during the same period there was a reduction from 28.97 per cent. to 6.14 per cent.

Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of accident and emergency ambulances achieved response times within the maximum in(a) Ayrshire and (b) Dumfries and Galloway in 1993 and for all available months in 1994.

Mr. Stewart

[holding answer 27 April 1994]: Target response times for ambulances vary according to population density. Ayrshire and Arran and Dumfries and Galloway health boards both cover areas of medium density and sparse density. The target response times which apply are: Medium density population (0.5–3 people per acre)–95 per cent. of calls responded to in 18 minutes Sparse density population (less than 0.5 people per acre)–95 per cent. of calls responded to in 21 minutes.

The information is as follows:

Performance Ayrshire and Arran Performance Dumfries and Galloway
Medium Sparse Medium Sparse
January 1993 91 94 95 84
February 1993 92 94 88 84
March 1993 92 93 89 90
April 1993 94 93 89 81
May 1993 93 94 95 83
June 1993 93 94 88 82
July 1993 91 91 86 85
August 1993 91 89 87 83
September 1993 91 90 87 84
October 1993 92 92 89 84
November 1993 91 94 92 84
December 1993 89 91 90 94
January 1994 90 92 90 84
February 1994 92 93 88 85
March 1994 91 94 92 86