19796-Private Ambulance Services

How many ambulances dispatched following 999 calls were operated by private ambulance firms in 2018?

How much did East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust spend on private ambulance services in 2018?

Which, if any, private ambulance firms received money for operation of services on behalf of East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust in 2018?

Response:

How many ambulances dispatched following 999 calls were operated by private ambulance firms in 2018?

Please find below the figures for calendar year 2018, this data does not include 111 calls, test or duplicate calls.

Month	Vehicles assigned to incidents	Vehicles reaching the incident scene
January	2817	2006
February	2759	1869
March	2673	1910
April	2805	1881
May	3328	2145
June	3225	2085
July	4168	2754
August	3979	2514
September	3777	2393
October	4763	3071
November	5120	3281
December	4873	3238
Total	44287	29147