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PRIVATE Ambulance cost have spiralled to more than £3.5 million as NHS bosses look to meet rising pressure on emergency services.
Figures released by the Labour Party show Yorkshire Ambulance Trust spent £3.56m on private ambulances in the last financial year.
In 2012 the Trust spent just £782,344 on the same services, prompting Labour concerns that cuts to 999 services are leaving the NHS reliant on private contractors.
Nationally ambulance trusts have seen an increase of 82%, from £37 million to £67.5 million.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...ire-nhs-turns-to-private-ambulances-1-6906498
Figures released by the Labour Party show Yorkshire Ambulance Trust spent £3.56m on private ambulances in the last financial year.
In 2012 the Trust spent just £782,344 on the same services, prompting Labour concerns that cuts to 999 services are leaving the NHS reliant on private contractors.
Nationally ambulance trusts have seen an increase of 82%, from £37 million to £67.5 million.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...ire-nhs-turns-to-private-ambulances-1-6906498