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Lancs Against Forward-control Ambulances
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LOWING a study of five forwarditrol ambulances taken into use ; 1962, Lanes County health corndecided against this design on the is of extra cost. It also expressed union that more development work :quired.
se facts are given in the annual on the county's ambulance service. tther 81 new vehicles (50 ambuand 31 dual-purpose units) were NJ during the year, this constituting .ddle phase of the replacement prole. Of the ambulances, 45 were I control. Experiences with the 'd-control type was followed by the g in August, 1962, of the final phase ct for 66 normal-control Bedford its. In consequence of the intro n of new vehicles into the fleet the e age of ambulances fell from 9-1 in 1961 to 5-7 years in 1962.
problems of peak traffic figure in port, heavy overtime arising from ;use, The total of patients carried 17,593, this being an increase of 4-9 :nt. It is the highest figure ever 1 in the county and represents per 1,000 population served. Of leral classification there were 52,551 .ncy cases and 765,000 non-urgent. operational mileage was 44m., the e miles per case being 5-38. Case e has been falling since the introit of radio in 1956 and the figures to the increased efficiency made le by this facility.
irvey of accidents indicated that the lige group of drivers had the highest whilst the 41-50 had the lowest. heless. the committee took the view that the appointment of younger men was essential to the future of the service, particularly having regard to the number of staff who, owing to illness or injury, were unable to carry out their full duties from time to time. A high proportion of the 641 entered for the national safe driving competition gained awards, 361 men qualifying in the 5-20-year categories.
At the end of the year the fleet of 269 included 144 ambulances.