Rebecca Evans welcomes boost to ambulance fleet

Rebecca Evans, Welsh Labour's prospective Assembly candidate for Gower, has welcomed the news that the Welsh Ambulance Service will receive 94 new vehicles, thanks to a £10m investment from the Labour Welsh Government.

The investment will allow the service to purchase:

• 35 new emergency ambulances.
• 13 rapid response vehicles/emergency patient vehicles.
• 10 patient care services vehicles, capable of carrying stretchers.
• 32 patient care services vehicles, capable of carrying wheelchairs.
• Four specialist vehicles.

 
Rebecca Evans said: "It is important that our ambulances are equipped to offer the most modern and up-to-date care when they are called to an emergency, and this is especially true in the more rural areas of Gower where transportation times can be longer.

"Since 2011, the Welsh Labour Government has invested almost £45m in new ambulance vehicles for the Welsh Ambulance Service. This is a serious investment in emergency care."

The Welsh Ambulance Service currently has 706 vehicles in its fleet, which cover an area of more than 8,000 square miles across Wales.