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<p>NHS England has allocated an additional £150 million for ambulance service pressures
in 2022/23, supporting improvements to response times through additional call handler
recruitment, retention and other requirements. The National Health Service is also
investing £20 million to upgrade the ambulance fleet in each year to 2024/25, reducing
the age profile and emissions of the fleet and increasing productivity.</p><p> </p><p>The
NHS will increase bed capacity by the equivalent of at least 7,000 general and acute
beds to improve patient flow through hospital and reduce long waiting times in transferring
ambulance patients to accident and emergency. NHS England is also providing targeted
support to some hospitals facing the greatest delays in the handover of ambulance
patients to the care of hospitals, to identify short and longer-term interventions.</p>
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