More ambulances for region

Concerns about the ability of the East of England Ambulance Trust to meet emergency response times will be raised by North Norfolk MP and Health Minister Norman Lamb later today.

Earlier this week the Trust started putting an extra 15 vehicles on the road each day to improve services. It then emerged that there aren't enough staff to crew them.

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It had promised 15 new ambulances to improve response times in our rural areas but today (Tuesday) the East of England Ambulance Trust admitted it's struggling to get them up and running.

And the problem is people. With no new recruits for at least another month there simply aren't enough of them to staff the extra vehicles.

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The East of England Ambulance Service, which has been criticised in the past over response times, is introducing 15 extra ambulances from today.

The service says it's also recruiting 75 new paramedics and 124 care assistants to cope with demand.

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The East of England Ambulance Service, which has been criticised in the past over response times, is introducing 15 extra ambulances from today. It says it's also recruiting 75 new paramedics and 124 care assistants to cope with demand.

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The Health minister and North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb has welcomed news that the East of England is to get more ambulances and paramedics.

Mr Lamb said: "“I have persistently highlighted the problem of unacceptably slow response times, taking up concerns from the public and from ambulance staff themselves. The key thing now is that these steps bring improvements in the service for patients."

The East of England Ambuance Trust has announced it is putting 15 more full-time ambulances on the roads from Monday. It follows months of criticism over poor response times and cuts to services.

There will also be a recruitment drive for 200 more frontline staff.

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The East of England Ambuance Trust has announced it is putting 15 more full-time ambulances on the roads from Monday. It follows months of criticism over poor response times and cuts to services.

There will also be a recruitment drive for 200 more frontline staff.

The dramatic announcement - which affects ambulance stations in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk - came just hours after the latest protest over planned cuts in North Norfolk.

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Campaigners calling for a better ambulance response times have welcomed news that more vehicles will be taking to the roads.

North Norfolk Labour Party, which created the Act on Ambulances campaign, have welcomed an announcement today that the East of England Ambulance Service Trust is to return a number of ambulances to the region that were initially earmarked to be cut.

"We have constantly argued that the move to replace ambulances with Rapid Response Vehicles - as a result of government cuts in funding - would not bring the improvements that health officials wanted."

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The East of England Ambulance Service is to put 15 more ambulances on the road following a series of criticisms over poor response times particularly in rural areas.

The executive team of the Ambulance Trust announced the extra vehicles would be operational from next Monday.

According to the Trust they will be placed at key locations after a review in direct response to patient and staff feedback to identify where more double staffed ambulances might be needed.

The Trust has also announced a recruitment drive for 75 new paramedics and 124 new emergency care assistants.

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