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Sept 2021
Last Updated: 28/09/2021
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has 'sufficient fuel'
Ambulance managers say they have 'robust business continuity plans in place to ensure we are able to respond to patients needing our assistance' amid the ongoing fuel supply shortage.
Photograph: Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has assured patients it has enough fuel for ambulances despite the ongoing supply problems.
Petrol stations across the Harrogate district have seen high demand since the end of last week.
Although some drivers have struggled to get fuel, officials at the ambulance service have assured it has “sufficient stocks” for its vehicles.
John McSorley, strategic commander for Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said:
“Currently we have sufficient fuel stocks for our ambulance vehicles. We have robust business continuity plans in place to ensure we are able to respond to patients needing our assistance and can invoke additional measures should they be required.
“We know that, like many others, some colleagues have found it difficult to obtain fuel for their own vehicles and we have a staff transport plan that can be activated should the situation escalate further.”
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Ministers have said there is no shortage of fuel across the country and urged motorists not to panic buy.
Army tanker drivers are on standby to be deployed to help with supply if necessary.
Grant Shapps, transport secretary, said in a tweet last night that “if everyone buys fuel as normal petrol stations will revert to normal service”.
https://twitter.com/grantshapps/status/1442595610784264194?s=20
The Stray Ferret has set up a live blog to keep you up to date with the situation at fuel stations across the district. You can read live coverage here.
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