Trust trials pilot scheme

YAS IS now taking part in the pilot scheme which means top priority and second priority calls – until now called Red 1 and Red 2 – will be banded together.

As a result, the joint figures have improved to 73.8 per cent for early April, and then 76.8 per cent since.

A Department of Health spokesperson said: “We know ambulance services are busy but we expect patients to be reached quickly regardless of where they live, which is why we’ve increased paramedic training places by over 60 per cent this year, on top of 2,300 extra paramedics that have joined the NHS since 2010.

“We are committed to the NHS and have invested £10bn to fund its own plan for the future.”