Wes Streeting Urged to Ditch Bid to Electrify all UK Ambulances
Health Secretary Wes Streeting faced calls last night to ditch the 'absurd' Net Zero plan to energize all UK ambulances within 15 years.
The cash-strapped NHS is preparing to abandon all its diesel ambulances and install practically 5,000 charging points at medical facilities and ambulance stations to power a fleet of electric-powered vehicles.
Health chiefs have declined to expose just how much the brand-new ambulances will cost, but official figures seen by the Mail on Sunday expose it will cost ₤ 100million just to upgrade the grid and electrical infrastructure needed for charging points.
The MoS can likewise expose there are presently just two electric-powered ambulances selecting up guests in England - compared to more than 4,500 diesel ambulances.
There are 160 other electric emergency situation automobiles for paramedics, including two cars, 16 reaction vans and three motorbikes.
The most recent electric ambulances have a variety of as much as 200 miles, but paramedic teams in backwoods frequently take a trip further in a shift.
Latest figures reveal the typical response time in England for the most life-threatening 'category-one' ambulance calls is seven minutes and 52 seconds - compared to an NHS target of seven minutes.
Last night Nick Timothy MP, former chief of staff to ex-prime minister Theresa May, stated: 'Ambulance services have actually been having a hard time to meet their action targets. With these challenges it is unreasonable to sidetrack NHS employees from their jobs with impractical Net Zero targets.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting faced calls last night to ditch the 'absurd' Net Zero plan to energize all UK ambulances within 15 years.
The cash-strapped NHS is preparing to abandon all its diesel ambulances and install practically 5,000 charging points at medical facilities and ambulance stations to power a fleet of electric-powered vehicles.
Health chiefs have declined to expose just how much the brand-new ambulances will cost, but official figures seen by the Mail on Sunday expose it will cost ₤ 100million just to upgrade the grid and electrical infrastructure needed for charging points.
The MoS can likewise expose there are presently just two electric-powered ambulances selecting up guests in England - compared to more than 4,500 diesel ambulances.
There are 160 other electric emergency situation automobiles for paramedics, including two cars, 16 reaction vans and three motorbikes.
The most recent electric ambulances have a variety of as much as 200 miles, but paramedic teams in backwoods frequently take a trip further in a shift.
Latest figures reveal the typical response time in England for the most life-threatening 'category-one' ambulance calls is seven minutes and 52 seconds - compared to an NHS target of seven minutes.
Last night Nick Timothy MP, former chief of staff to ex-prime minister Theresa May, stated: 'Ambulance services have actually been having a hard time to meet their action targets. With these challenges it is unreasonable to sidetrack NHS employees from their jobs with impractical Net Zero targets.