Briefing / Payment by results for ambulance services
The Department of Health has identified urgent and emergency care, including ambulances, as one of five priority areas for development within payment by results. And a number of pilot sites are trialling different approaches to local tariffs.
However, there remains no timetable for the introduction of a national tariff for ambulance services. This briefing aims to support the current development work by rehearsing the arguments for an ambulance service tariff and highlighting the issues that need to be resolved and the potential benefits for the NHS as a whole.
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