Spend on private ambulance services grows nearly 30 per cent
The region’s ambulance trust’s reliance on private ambulance services has grown in a bid to help tackle patient handover delays on A&E doorsteps. East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) is using 56 private ambulance service crews each day on average, new figures from February data have revealed. The figures were presented to EMAS executives in a meeting on Tuesday (April 7th) and reflect the ongoing pressures within the wider health service to try to keep patient care running effectively. Ambulance services […]
