Around 100 extra ambulance staff are being brought to Cornwall for the G7 Summit
South Western Ambulance has dedicated workers serving the world leaders event and a special 24/7 control room
It has been revealed that around 100 extra ambulance staff are being brought to Cornwall for the G7 Summit.
South Western Ambulance has dedicated workers serving the worlds leaders' event next week and also a special round-the-clock control room.
Around 150 firefighters will continue to work onboard ambulances too, as they have been doing during the pandemic.
"We are incredibly proud to be part of such a high profile and international event.
"While there is high demand across the NHS and across my service at the moment in the south West, we have extensive plans in place to cope with the G7 as we would for any other major event.
"I feel it's a huge opportunity for us to work alongside our colleagues, in the NHS and other emergency services."
Will Warrender, Chief Executive of South Western Ambulance Service
It comes after the service declared a 'critical incident' over the bank holiday weekend because of what is calls 'extreme pressures'.
The service dealt with over 3,000 incidents in just one day over the long weekend and a 999 call every twenty six seconds.
That is the second highest level of activity South Western Ambulance has ever recorded.
Ahead of the bank holiday weekend, a spokesperson for the service said:
"SWASFT has dealt with almost 300 additional emergency incidents a day since the government eased lockdown restrictions to allow the reopening of outdoor hospitality and retail on 12 April and indoor hospitality on 17 May.
"It responded to an average of 2,913 incidents a day last week, compared with 2,816 incidents a day between 12 April and 16 May, and 2,627 incidents a day before any of those changes took effect.
"SWASFT is expecting to deal with around 3,000 incidents a day during the upcoming bank holiday weekend and half term week when many visitors are likely to travel to the region".