Health chiefs make urgent order for 112 ambulances amid Brexit shortage fears
When you’ve started stockpiling ambulances, maybe it’s time to admit that Brexit is a mistake.
The emergency vehicles, built by Mercedes in Germany and finished off in Ireland, are desperately needed by London Ambulance Service to help hit 999 response times over winter. Concern at the highest levels of LAS over a no-deal Brexit has seen the order rushed through to ensure they arrive before Britain leaves the EU on March 29 next year.
Thirty of the vehicles, which take months to build, will enter service by March, with 82 being “stockpiled” in case Brexit results in supplies drying up.
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