Thirty new ambulances will be rolled out across the East Midlands to replace ageing vehicles, backed by £4.7 million in government funding. The investment forms part of a wider £450 million package aimed at modernising emergency care services across England.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), which currently operates a fleet of over 800 vehicles, is expected to receive the new units by March 2026. The vehicles will support the government’s Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26, a strategy designed to reduce pressure on emergency departments by streamlining frontline response capacity.
The wider plan involves phasing out nearly 500 older ambulances nationwide to improve response times and reliability.
EMAS’s current vehicle mix includes emergency ambulances, rapid response cars, community responder units, and patient transport vehicles, positioning the trust as a major buyer and operator within the region’s emergency care infrastructure.
