Ambulance Services: South West
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many 999 calls were received by ambulance services in the South West in each month since January 2024; and what the staffing levels were for paramedics in those services over the same period.
Answered by Karin Smyth
NHS England publishes official workforce and ambulance 999 call statistics. The following table provides data on the number of full time equivalent (FTE) paramedics employed at the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust between January 2024 and January 2025, as well as data on 999 calls answered by the trust from January 2024 to March 2025:
Period | Calls answered | FTE Paramedic staff levels |
January 2024 | 85,328 | 2,042 |
February 2024 | 80,259 | 2,049 |
March 2024 | 87,566 | 2,101 |
April 2024 | 77,971 | 2,104 |
May 2024 | 87,446 | 2,096 |
June 2024 | 86,928 | 2,100 |
July 2024 | 88,371 | 2,111 |
August 2024 | 84,196 | 2,114 |
September 2024 | 86,195 | 2,160 |
October 2024 | 98,506 | 2,178 |
November 2024 | 94,658 | 2,194 |
December 2024 | 101,223 | 2,189 |
January 2025 | 88,531 | 2,206 |
February 2025 | 77,595 | N/A |
March 2025 | 84,825 | N/A |
Source: data is from NHS England’s NHS workforce statistics and Ambulance Quality Indicators data sets, with further information about both available, respectively, at the following two links:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/
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