§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health in the consultation on the delivery of modern ambulance services in the South East Region of the NHS, what
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Health action zone funding: 1998–99 to 2000–01 £000 HAZ 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 Total 1st wave Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 1,206 6,137 7,415 14,758 East London 777 5,535 6,339 12,661 Plymouth 410 2,043 2,258 4,711 Luton 309 1,300 2,622 3,871 Sandwell 501 2,302 2,794 5,597 South Yorkshire Coalfields 820 5,539 6,484 12,843 Manchester, Salford and Trafford 992 7,050 8,496 16,538 Bradford 502 3,822 4,705 9,029 Tyne and Wear 906 8,709 9,815 19,500 Northumberland 292 2,395 2,773 5,460 North Cumbria 447 2,298 2,515 5,260 1st wave total 7,162 47,141 55,856 110,228 2nd Wave Tees 20 3,232 5,381 8,633 Wakefield 20 1,666 2,620 4.306 Leeds 20 3,610 5,863 9,492 Hull and East Riding 20 2,824 4,727 7,571 Merseyside 20 7,445 12,246 19,711 Bury and Rochdale 20 2,004 3,263 5,287 Nottingham 20 3,105 5,047 8,172 Sheffield 20 2,923 4,599 7,542 Leicester City 20 1,502 2,510 4,032 Wolverhampton 20 1,388 2,320 3,728 Walsall 20 1,376 2,345 5,741 North Staffordshire 20 2,056 3,189 5,265 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 20 2,288 3,641 5,949 Camden and Islington 20 2,372 3,734 6,126 Brent 20 1,294 1,996 3,310 2nd wave total 300 39,085 63,480 101,064 Central and other innovations 364 1,700 1,517 3,581 Total 7,826 87,926 120,853 216,673 assessment he has made of the cost to fundholders of reorganisation (a) in total and (b) for each of the eight ambulance service trusts; what provision he has made to meet these costs through additional funding; when the allocations made to these trusts to help reach new standards will be dispensed to them in full from the £21 million allocated for this purpose by his Department; what measures he is proposing to ensure that adequate resources are safeguarded for rural services; and if he will make a statement. [131215]
§ Ms StuartWe have invested an extra £21 million to help ambulance services speed up response times. Of this, the South East Region received a total of £4.2 million.
All eight ambulance services in the south east have developed and agreed a vision to ensure that the region's population have speedy access to high quality, modern and dependable ambulance services which are integrated with care provided by local National Health Service partners and other agencies.
Further work is currently being undertaken before final proposals are subject to full public consultation.