Patient representatives have expressed concern that millions of pounds are being spent by the NHS on private ambulances in the South East. South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) spent £7.8m in the past three years on private contractors, figures obtained by the BBC show. Secamb said it used private providers and volunteers at times of [...]

EMAS have lost out on a £20m contract to provide non-emergency patient transport in favour of private sector companies. East Midlands Ambulance Service who currently provide the service would have used the contract – worth £19.9m annually – to buy a brand new, eco-friendly fleet. Instead, the East Midlands Procurement and Commissioning Transformation on behalf [...]

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Ninety drivers with a private ambulance company are set to share in huge payouts after winning a marathon dispute with their bosses

An NHS ambulance trust is set to win back the work to ferry 600 patients a day to hospital appointments in North Staffordshire

A private ambulance service provider has called for regulation of the sector “to ensure patient safety”

Shetland could get a further three ambulances should a group of islanders proposing a community run service succeed with their ambition

A private company is in talks with British local authorities to buy and lease back their fleets of ambulances, fire engines and police cars

North West Ambulance Service’s Patient Transport Service (PTS) also missed targets, spending thousands of pounds on taxis

Controversial plans which would have put private ambulances on the streets of Lancashire and unqualified staff manning 999 vehicles have been withdrawn after ambulance workers threatened to strike