Facts about South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust (source Dorset Ambulance and Westcountry Ambulance Services Annual Reports 2004/05)
| Activity |
Westcountry |
Dorset |
| Accident and emergency (A&E) Calls |
181,883 |
85,170 |
| Urgent calls |
48,166 |
| Percentage growth in A&E calls |
6% |
2.6% |
| Additional A&E calls on previous year |
10,251 |
|
| Non-emergency patients carried |
489,678 |
|
| Miles travelled |
8,547,567 |
|
| Air ambulance missions - Cornwall |
1,005 |
|
| Air ambulance missions - Devon |
663 |
|
| Air ambulance missions - Somerset |
199 |
|
| |
|
|
| Performance Standards |
Westcountry |
Dorset |
| Criteria Based Dispatch Category A |
75.11% |
76.9% |
| Criteria Based Dispatch Category B |
89.61% |
95.1% |
| (National change to calculations of Category B) |
|
| Average on scene time |
18 mins 21 secs |
|
| Average call to clear time |
47 mins 2 secs |
|
| Average response time |
11 mins 23 secs |
|
| |
|
|
| Management Costs |
Westcountry |
Dorset |
| |
£'000 |
£'000 |
| Management costs |
2,672 |
1,449 |
| Income |
61,646 |
22,485 |
| % of income |
4.3% |
6.4% |
| |
|
|
| Contract Value |
Westcountry |
Dorset |
| Accident and emergency |
46,946,736 |
|
| Patient Transport Services (PTS) and Car Service |
6,668,192 |
|
| |
|
|
| Public Sector Payment Policy |
Westcountry |
Dorset |
| Prompt payment code |
85% |
|
| |
|
|
| Contracts |
Westcountry |
Dorset |
| Accident and emergency |
4 |
|
| PTS |
25 |
|
| |
|
|
| Operational Ambulance Staff |
Westcountry |
Dorset |
| Paramedics |
485 |
|
| Technicians |
348 |
|
| Ambulance Care Assistants |
159 |
|
| Turnover |
5.7% |
11.5% |
| Sickness |
6.9% |
6.2% |
| |
| Monitoring the Ethnicity of Applicants for Employment for Westcountry only |
| |
Applications Received |
Shortlisted |
Appointed |
Appointed as % of applications received |
| Male |
1202 |
620 |
163 |
13.56 |
| Female |
808 |
489 |
97 |
12 |
| White |
1909 |
1062 |
253 |
13.25 |
| Asian |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Mixed |
14 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Black |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
3 |
1 |
1 |
33.33 |
| Not Stated |
69 |
39 |
6 |
8.7
|
| Disabled |
44 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
2101 |
1109 |
260 |
12.94 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Monitoring the Ethnicity of Applicants for Training for Westcountry only |
| |
Non Clinical training applications |
Clinical training applications |
| White |
364 |
|
3086 |
|
| Asian |
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Mixed |
3 |
|
6 |
|
| Black |
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Other |
0 |
|
11 |
|
| Not Stated |
19 |
|
10 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Qualified in Year |
Westcountry |
Dorset |
| Paramedics |
47 |
|
| Technicians |
24 |
|
| Ambulance Care Assistants |
29 |
|
| |
|
|
| Resources |
Westcountry |
Dorset |
| Stations |
53 |
|
| A&E vehicles |
156 |
38 |
| PTS vehicles |
76 |
42 |
| RRV - cars |
69 |
17 |
| RRV motorcycles |
7 |
|
| Pool cars |
28 |
|
| Other (training vehicles etc) |
20 |
39 |
| Air ambulances |
3 |
|
| Air bases |
2 |
|
| |
|
|
| Risk Management |
Westcountry |
Dorset |
| NHS Litigation Authority Risk Management Standard for the Provision of Pre Hospital Care in the Ambulance Service previously Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts and previously Risk Pooling Scheme for Trusts |
Level 3 |
Level 3 |
