§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average number of(a) emergency and (b) non-emergency calls per year handled by each ambulance service was in (i) England, (ii) South-west England and (iii) South-east England; and what is the number per thousand population in the last 12 months. [28227]
§ Ms BlearsInformation for all ambulance national health service trusts, by regional office area, about the number of emergency calls received in 2000–01 that resulted in an emergency response arriving at the scene of the incident is shown in the table. The rate per thousand population is also included. Information about non-emergency calls is not available in the form requested.
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Emergency calls resulting in an emergency response arriving at the scene of the incident1 Ambulance NHS Trust Number Rate per thousand population South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance NHS Trust 80 61 Lincolnshire Ambulance NHS Trust 59 93 East Midlands Ambulance NHS Trust 195 67 Eastern 328 60 Essex Ambulance NHS Trust 115 70 East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust 114 52 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ambulance NHS Trust 99 61 London 700 95 London Ambulance NHS Trust 700 95 South-east 523 60 Royal Berkshire Ambulance NHS Trust 47 58 Hampshire Ambulance NHS Trust 83 50 Isle of Wight Ambulance Service (NHS Trust)2 8 59 Kent Ambulance NHS Trust 97 61 Oxfordshire Ambulance NHS Trust 27 43 Surrey Ambulance NHS Trust 78 72 Sussex Ambulance NHS Trust 115 76 The Two Shires Ambulance NHS Trust 68 52 South West 291 59 Avon Ambulance NHS Trust 60 59 Dorset Ambulance NHS Trust 54 77 Gloucestershire Ambulance NHS Trust 27 48 West Country Ambulance NHS Trust 122 58 Wiltshire Ambulance NHS Trust 29 47 West Midlands 365 68 Hereford and Worcester Ambulance NHS Trust 34 48 Shropshire Ambulance Service (NHS Trust)2 22 50 Staffordshire Ambulance NHS Trust 64 61 Warwickshire Ambulance NHS Trust 27 34 West Midlands Metropolitan Ambulance NHS Trust 218 94 North West 540 86 Lancashire Ambulance NHS Trust 112 87 Mersey Regional Ambulance NHS Trust 193 81 Greater Manchester Ambulance NHS Trust 235 90 1 Excludes duplicate calls to the same incidents 2 Part of a community trust Source:
Office for National Statistics mid-year population estimates for 2000
Information about non-emergency patient journeys and other requests for transport, together with more detailed information about response times to Government targets for all NHS ambulance trusts are contained in the Department of Health Statistical Bulletin "Ambulance Services, England 2000–01". A copy is in the Library and available on the Department's website at www.doh.gov.uk/ public/sb0115.htm.