Ambulance services: Rise in number of patients treated entirely at the scene

Ambulance services: Rise in number of patients treated entirely at the scene: June 19, 2013: New figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) show in 2012-13(2) almost two million patients were treated at the scene(3) by ambulance services without needing onward transportation, a 10 per cent rise on last year's figure (1.81 million).