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Dear Mr Flemming,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. So that I can provide
you with the relevant information you have asked for I would be grateful
if you could please clarify the exact type of ambulance vehicle you would
like this data for?

As a trust we have various different types of vehicles that respond to
both emergency and non-emergency and also vehicles that are cars and may
only be staffed by one member of staff.

If you could please provide clarification and I will be happy to provide
to assist you further with this request.

Kind regards

Caroline Turner

Freedom of Information

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Headquarters, Ladybridge Hall, 399 Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 5DD

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From: Terry Flemming <[FOI #824377 email]>
Sent: 21 January 2022 02:09
To: FOI Enquiries <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Breakdowns - FOI983

Dear North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust,

I am writing to request the following information under the freedom of
information act.

In the months of October, November and December 2021, how many hours were
ambulances unavailable as a direct result of a breakdown on shift. (By
this I mean roadside breakdowns of double crewed ambulances that were
staffed at the time therefore resulting in crew unavailability).

Yours faithfully,

Terry Flemming

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Dear Mr Flemming,

Thank you for getting back to me to clarify that, I will be back in touch
with the data.

Kind regards

Caroline Turner

From: Terry Flemming <[FOI #824377 email]>
Sent: 26 January 2022 17:35
To: FOI Enquiries <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Clarification Freedom of Information request - Breakdowns -
FOI983

Dear Caroline,

Please accept my apologies. Just frontline double crewed emergency
ambulances will be sufficient. Therefore excluding PTS, non-Emergency and
response cars.

Yours sincerely,

Terry Flemming

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FOI983

Dear Mr Flemming,

In response to your Freedom of Information request please find below the
data for the number of hours frontline emergency ambulances were
unavailable as a direct result of a breakdown or maintenance issue during
a shift for the months of October, November and December 2021:

Lost unit time
Year Month
(in hours)
2021 October 595:78:00
2021 November 734:25:00
2021 December 711:02:00
2022 January 710:87:00

Please note that within this collective data, the time in which an
ambulance was unavailable on a shift can range from a few minutes through
to several hours. The reason why the ambulance was unavailable may be the
result of various different vehicle maintenance issues such as radio
connectivity issues, requiring a tyre change or change of light bulb
through to major mechanical breakdowns.

North West Ambulance Service has a large operational fleet of emergency
ambulances operating every day across the five counties of the North West
and we do have further vehicles available that frontline staff may be able
to transfer to if any technical issues arise with their allocated vehicle
during their shift.  

I hope this information is of assistance and would ask that if you intend
to use this information in a future media article, we are given the
opportunity to provide a qualifying comment.

Kind regards

Caroline Turner

Caroline Turner

Freedom of Information

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Headquarters, Ladybridge Hall, 399 Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 5DD

[email address]

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