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answer text: Dr. Evan Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to evaluate the pilot of body armour being conducted bythe London Ambulance Service. [20833]Ms Blears: The pilot of body armour for London Ambulance Service frontline staff was completed during the summer and the resultshave been evaluated by the national health service trust. The evaluation shows that the majority of staff feel more confident indealing with volatile incidents when wearing the garments, and that wearing stab vests does not hinder staff's ability to provideclinical care. The London Ambulance Service had pledged to provide stab vests to all frontline staff.
answer given date: 2002-01-08+00:00
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