Ambulance Services: Finance
(asked on 5th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional support to NHS ambulance services in England during winter 2021-22.
This question was answered on 11th January 2022
NHS England and NHS Improvement are investing an extra £55 million to increase staff numbers in ambulance trusts in England, providing over 700 additional staff in control rooms and on the frontline. This includes £1.85 million to place hospital ambulance liaison officers at the most challenged hospitals and £4.4 million to provide an additional 154 ambulances during the winter.