Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many community first responders have been trained by the Scottish Ambulance Service, to date, broken down by parliamentary region.
The Scottish Ambulance Service currently has around 900 Community First Responders. The number of Community First Responders trained by the Scottish Ambulance Service by SAS Operational Areas between April 2021 - March 2024:
Region | ||||
Period | North | East | West | Total |
April 21 - March 22 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 41* |
April 22 - March 23 | 33 | 30 | 19 | 82 |
April 23 - March 24 | 56 | 63 | 66 | 185 |
123 | 95 | 90 | 308 |
*The focus in 2021-2022 was re-mobilisation of Community First Responders post Covid, therefore recruitment of new volunteers was limited.