Ambulance service gets new vehicles

FUNDING PUTS 23 MORE ON ROADS

- BY STAFF REPORTER

PATIENTS in the West Midlands are to benefit from a multi-million pound investment which will see the number of ambulances on the frontline increased by five per cent.

The additional funding from the Department of Health and Social Care will see the Trust's frontline fleet rise by 23 to 500 vehicles.

In addition to the diesel ambulances, the Trust will also receive eight fully electric ambulances by the end of March.