Ambulance targets missed
Response targets have been missed for thirteen months in a row according to figures released today.
£9.5m for 'major upgrade' of ambulance fleet
Almost £9.5m will be spent on "a major upgrade" of the ambulance fleet in Wales.
The funding was announced the Welsh Government, ahead of an Assembly debate on a critical review of the Welsh Ambulance Service this afternoon.
110 old vehicles will be replaced by:
- 49 emergency ambulances and High Dependency Services
- 46 Rapid Response Vehicles and Emergency Practitioner Vehicles
- 3 Patient Care Services
- 5 Health Courier Services
- 7 Specialist Vehicles (used for command and control, fleet care, driver training and major incident support)
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