§ Mr. GarnierTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on recent trends in the response times by the East Midlands Ambulance Service to Category A emergency call outs within the Melton, Rutland and Harborough Primary Care Trust Area; and if he will set up an inquiry into the management of this ambulance service. [162589]
§ Dr. LadymanInformation on recent trends by the East Midlands Ambulance Service to Category A emergency call outs within the Melton, Rutland and Harborough Primary Care Trust area are not available centrally.
Information about the performance of ambulance trusts is published annually in a statistical bulletin. The latest data are in "Ambulance Services, England: 2002–03". A copy of the bulletin is available in the Library and at www.publications.doh.gov.uk/public/ sb0313.htm.
In line with "Shifting the Balance of Power", it is for Trent and Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland strategic health authorities to decide whether an inquiry into the management of the trust is necessary.