Mental Health Services: Ambulance Services
(asked on 17th November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health ambulances are in service in (a) London and (b) England.
This question was answered on 8th December 2023
The Department does not routinely collect data on the numbers of mental health ambulances in service across England.
NHS England advises that London Ambulance Service (LAS) have no mental health ambulances in operation. However, six mental health joint response cars are in operation across London. LAS expect twelve mental health ambulances to be in operation next year.