Response driving

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Dear Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust,

Please can you provide me with your current policy for response (blue light) emergency driving.

Please can you also answer the following questions.

1. Does the driver of the ambulance make the decision to put the blue lights on since it is them claiming the exemption or does the trust tell a driver when to response? E.g you must put your blue lights on for all purple, amber and yellow calls?

2. Your calls are currently graded as the following: (as per your right response first time campaign on social media)

Purple - 7 minutes response
Amber - 18 minutes response
Yellow - 120 minutes response
Green - 180 minutes response

Yellows and greens are currently classed as Urgent calls. If a call is a urgent (yellow or green) would you expect your staff to respond to these on blue lights or is it their decision to make as the driver based on the information they receive?

Yours faithfully,

John Smith

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Dear Mr Smith

 

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
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The reference number for this request is 2017/18-002. Please ensure that
you quote this number in any future correspondence.

 

We will endeavour to respond to this request at our earliest convenience.
This will be no later than 01 May 2018, which is 20 working days after the
date your request was received. 

 

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Dear Mr Smith

 

In reply to your request for information under the FOI Act, please find
enclosed with this email the Trust's response.

 

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From: FOI
Sent: 03 April 2018 08:52
To: John smith; FOI
Subject: FOI 2018/19-002

 

Dear Mr Smith

 

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act.

 

The reference number for this request is 2017/18-002. Please ensure that
you quote this number in any future correspondence.

 

We will endeavour to respond to this request at our earliest convenience.
This will be no later than 01 May 2018, which is 20 working days after the
date your request was received. 

 

Issued by Yorkshire Ambulance Service

 

Legal Services Department

[3][Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust request email]

Tel: 01924 584116

 

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