Private ambulances on the rise amid A&E handover delays

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.

Private ambulances on the rise amid A&E handover delays

Dozens of private ambulances are being used by EMAS every day

EMAS spending on private ambulances nears £17m as demand rises

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, as new figures from February data have revealed. The figures were presented to EMAS executives in […]