The Welsh Ambulance Service is being given £4m to buy new vehicles. The Welsh Government says the funding will help reduce waiting times and improve patient care. It comes as figures released today reveal Welsh ambulances have again missed their target response times.
The Welsh Ambulance Service is to get over 40 new vehicles as part of a major upgrade, the Welsh Government has announced.
The service will receive £4 million to buy 41 new fuel-efficient vehicles, including emergency ambulances and specialist rapid response vehicles.
There are currently 736 vehicles covering more than 8,000 square miles across Wales.
The Government claims the new ambulances will contain the latest equipment to ensure patients are treated in the best clinical environments possible.
Latest figures reveal the demands placed on the ambulance service with 35,570 emergency calls during June 2014.
They also show that immediately life-threatening incidents, which needed an emergency ambulance response, have increased by 30% over the last five years.
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