Governance and Assurance

London Ambulance Service

1st Floor

Matt Mansfield 220 Waterloo Road

By email to: London

SE1 8SD

6th January 2015 Telephone no: 020 7783 2730

email:

Our Ref:2034

Your Ref:

Dear Mr Mansfield,

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

Further to your enquiry made under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which we received on 9th December 2015, you requested the following information:

1) The number of ambulance crew employed, by role (e.g. Paramedic,

Technician, etc), per year, since 2005. This should include any

other roles/positions e.g. if you employ nurses, doctors, etc.

2) The number of ambulance crew operating within the area your

trust is responsible for, but employed by any other agency/private

contractor; by role (e.g. paramedic, etcetc) by year, since 2005,

split into short term temporary staff (e.g. covering for maternity

leave) and those working for an extended period

3) The number of ambulance vehicles, by type/model, owned and/or

operated by your trust, per year, since 2005

4) The number of ambulance vehicles (if any), by type/model, owned

and/or operated within the area your trust is responsible for, by

another agency/private contractor, by year, since 2005

5) Whether the following list of non-ambulance services are

provided directly by employees of your trust, or by

contractors/other agencies; and when not provided by your trust,

the name of the agency/contractor that provides that service; from

2005 by year.

Call takers

Dispatchers

Vehicle Maintenance

Cleaners for facilities

HR

PR

IT support

Accountancy/Finance services

Policy Advisers

Quartermaster? (by which I mean the individual(s) responsible for

sourcing and making sure that your trust and each ambulance station

has a ready supply of equipment/supplies)

Our response is as follows:

  1. Attached. Please note that this information is only available back to April 2009.
  2. This information is not held by the LAS.
  3. A list of vehicles is attached.
  4. This information is not held by the LAS.
  5. All are provided in-house apart from:

Cleaners for facilities:Lakethorne Services

Accountancy/Finance Services: ELFS (East Lancashire Financial Services) for invoice processing and cash management.

We hope that this answers your request. If you are dissatisfied with our response you have the right to seek a review in line with guidance from the Information Commissioner.

In the first instance, this should be addressed to me at the above address. I will provide a response within 20 days of receipt.

Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of this review then a final review request should be addressed to:

Sandra Adams

Director of Corporate Affairs

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

220 Waterloo Road

London SE1 8SD

who will arrange for a panel of Non-Executive Directors to review the case.

If you are unhappy with the findings of the panel you can then write to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner’s Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545 700

Fax: 01625 524 510

If you require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours Sincerely,

Stephen Moore

Information Governance Manager