East Midlands Ambulance Service

East Midlands Ambulance Service
Area size 6,425 sq miles
Population 4.8 million
Budget £148 million
Website www.emas.nhs.uk
Two of the vehicles operated by the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

East Midlands Ambulance Service National Health Service (NHS) Trust (EMAS) provides emergency 999, urgent care and patient transport services for the 4.8 million people within the East Midlands region of the UK - covering Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire (except Glossop, Hadfield and Tintwistle), Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire (including North and North East Lincolnshire).

Activity

In 2011 EMAS received over 776,000 emergency 999 calls.[1]

EMAS have a total of 67 ambulance stations, although four are vacant.[2] As of December 2014 EMAS have 522 ambulance vehicles, more than half of which are more than five years old.[3]

In 2013 EMAS took on 140 new emergency care assistants.[4] In 2014 EMAS announced they were bringing back the ambulance technician role.[5]

In 2010−11 EMAS missed key performance targets after a cold spell brought snow and ice.[6] By June 2015 EMAS had failed to meet their category 1 response times for the fifth successive year.[7]

Funding

EMAS previously provided patient transport services until contracts worth £20 million per year were taken over in 2012 by two private sector companies.[8] In 2012−13 EMAS had a budget of £148 million.[9] The Trust spent £4.3 million on voluntary and private ambulance services in 2013−14 for support in busy periods.[10]

In 2015 the service also faced a drop in funding of around £6 million a year.[11]

In October 2014 the Trust decided to spend £88,000 on upgrading its computer equipment.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "East Midlands Ambulance Service plan to close 66 stations". ITV News. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "East Midlands Ambulance Service: Bosses scrap super-hub plans". BBC News. 28 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Blackburn, Peter (16 December 2014). "Nottinghamshire's ambulance service plans to spend £26 million on new vehicles". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "East Midlands Ambulance Service fined for third successive year". BBC News. 22 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "East Midlands Ambulance: Increase in paramedic stress". BBC News. 19 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "East Midlands Ambulance Service worst in England". BBC News. 23 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "East Midlands Ambulance Service miss targets for fifth year". BBC News. 16 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "East Midlands Ambulance Service loses £130m contract". BBC News. 10 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "East Midlands Ambulance Service: Private ambulance surge defended". BBC News. 9 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "Nearly £8 million cost of private ambulances to cope with 999 demand". Leicester Mercury. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Crowson, Isaac (31 October 2015). "Nigel Mills MP demands 'urgent action' from East Midlands Ambulance Service over response times". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "New computer systems for Nottinghamshire's ambulance service after 42,000 patients' files lost". Nottingham Post. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

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