Patient facing roles
Dear North West Ambulance Service NHS ,
Thank you for the response to my previous request.
You state that of the 4977 staff employed by the trust, 4390 are patient facing as part of their normal daily duties.
Please can you provide a breakdown of all staff by role and state which roles you consider to be patient facing.
Yours faithfully,
Eric Ainsley
North West Ambulance Service
399 Chorley New Road
Bolton
BL1 5DD
Tel: 01612794825
Email: mailto:[email address]
FOI 191
Dear Mr Ainsley
Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received on the 30 October 2014 and is currently being reviewed under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We will contact you again with a response to your request within the 20 working days commitment outlined in the Freedom of Information Act. However if there are any queries with your request which I need to clarify with you, I will contact you at the earliest opportunity.
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Yours sincerely
Ian Campbell
FOI Coordinator
[email address]
Dear Mr Ainsley
I refer to your FOI request in connection with the above and detail below
the information that you requested. Please note that this includes all
staff who have contact with patients in a clinical capacity and is
therefore a mix of indirect (via telephone) and direct (face to face).
Patient
Role Role Headcount Facing
Headcount
Adviser 9 9
Ambulance Care Assistant/Patient Transport
Service Driver 5 5
Call Operator 460 460
Community Nurse 44 44
Control Assistant 56 56
Emergency Medical Dispatcher/Call Handler 82 82
Healthcare Assistant 676 676
Paramedic 1670 1670
Paramedic Manager 109 109
Paramedic Specialist Practitioner 25 25
Receptionist 4 4
Student Technician 143 143
Supervisor 3 3
Support Worker 1 1
Technician 1103 1103
Grand Total 4390 4390
Percentage Patient Facing 88.20%
I do hope that this response is of assistance to you and should you
require anything further please contact me direct and I will endeavour to
assist you.
Yours sincerely
Ian Campbell
DP and FOI Coordinator
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