Costs and Responses
Dear West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust,
Could you please provide the number of management staff in a ratio to front line staff since the merging of the services and the amount of managers before the merge and a wage cost before and after amalgamation
Could you also provide the number of management staff that have a company funded car with blue lights and from April 2011-2012 how many cases they attended and if the company cars are actually required or a fleet of standard I.e Vauxhall astra's or fiat punto's or what is currently used by front line responder staff would be more appropriate rather than for instance BMW 5 series and what is the annual spend for these vehicles also what are the future proposals for cost saving in relation to the cars that management drive compared to that of cases attended using blue lights etc
Within the same year as above 2011-2012 could you please provide answers/documentation to the questions below
How many appropriate life threatening cases that are conveyed on blue lights in comparison to that of the amount of life threatening cases generated I.e chest pain that is a confirmed heart attack and conveyed as so on blue lights
How many non immediately life threatening cases that are being responded to on blue lights I.e back pain that the person has had for several weeks or toothache and why ambulance staff are responding to such cases on blue lights when this is putting public and staff safety at risk for an obvious non emergency case? Why are these cases generated and not stopped at the time of call and given alternative pathways as per the 1 million pound pathway system introduced early this year,how many cases does/has this system avoided sending a blue light ambulance
Could you also provide the annual spend for wmas and compensation claims relating to equipment I.e responder bags,carrying/moving and handling equipment and stress claims
Yours faithfully,
Karl Baker
Good morning
Please see the attached letter seeking clarification to your recent FOI
request.
Kind regards
Lynsey Bull
Freedom of Information & Document Control Officer
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Millennium Point
Waterfront Way
Brierley Hill
DY5 1 LYX
Good morning
We refer to the below and attached to which we do not seem to have
received a reply.
We look forward to hearing from you within the next 14 days.
Kind regards
Lynsey Bull
Freedom of Information & Document Control Officer
West Midlands Ambulance Service
Millennium Point
Waterfront Business Park
Waterfront Way
Brierley Hill
DY5 1LX
D.D: 01384 451662
NHS call via N3 VoIP: 2000-1662
From: Lynsey Bull
Sent: 04 September 2012 11:31
To: '[FOI #127926 email]'
Subject: FOI/848 - Clarification sought
Good morning
Please see the attached letter seeking clarification to your recent FOI
request.
Kind regards
Lynsey Bull
Freedom of Information & Document Control Officer
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Millennium Point
Waterfront Way
Brierley Hill
DY5 1 LYX
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Kind regards
Lynsey Bull
Freedom of Information & Document Control Officer
West Midlands Ambulance Service
Millennium Point
Waterfront Business Park
Waterfront Way
Brierley Hill
DY5 1LX
D.D: 01384 451662
NHS call via N3 VoIP: 2000-1662
From: Lynsey Bull
Sent: 17 September 2012 11:13
To: '[FOI #127926 email]'
Subject: RE: FOI/848 - Clarification sought
Good morning
We refer to the below and attached to which we do not seem to have
received a reply.
We look forward to hearing from you within the next 14 days.
Kind regards
Lynsey Bull
Freedom of Information & Document Control Officer
West Midlands Ambulance Service
Millennium Point
Waterfront Business Park
Waterfront Way
Brierley Hill
DY5 1LX
D.D: 01384 451662
NHS call via N3 VoIP: 2000-1662
From: Lynsey Bull
Sent: 04 September 2012 11:31
To: '[FOI #127926 email]'
Subject: FOI/848 - Clarification sought
Good morning
Please see the attached letter seeking clarification to your recent FOI
request.
Kind regards
Lynsey Bull
Freedom of Information & Document Control Officer
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Millennium Point
Waterfront Way
Brierley Hill
DY5 1 LYX
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