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<p>The Secretary of State for Health announced the publication of the University of
Sheffield Report on the Ambulance Response Programme and subsequent recommendations
by Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England’s National Medical Director, on 13 July 2017. The
report evaluates a series of pilots intended to support ambulance services in England
to maintain and improve clinical outcomes for patients in the face of unprecedented
increases in demand.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the extensive evidence base detailed in
the report, NHS England will put in place a new framework of ambulance performance
standards and related operational changes that are focused on patients’ clinical needs
and will help the service to operate more efficiently. One of the key consquences
of the changes is that the ambulance services in England will be able to more consistently
and sustainabily be able to provide rapid responds to calls where there is an immediate
threat to life.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will now implement the Ambulance Response
Programme recommendations in all ambulance services in the England so that patients
across the country will benefit from the improvements seen in the pilot ambulance
services.</p><p> </p>
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