Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information you have requested.
Please see below the answer to your request.
Questions and final response:
In relation to Fire and Rescue Services
Under the freedom of information request guidelines I would like to request the following information:
Question 1
What was the organisation’s annual spend on medical training during the most recently available financial year?
How much was spent on which level of medical training:
£139,400 Phem D
Question 2
Is the organisations medical training (either in part or whole) provided by a commercial enterprise, if yes, what was the annual spend on commercially delivered medical training during the most recently available financial year?
Yes £139,400
Question 3
Does the organisation have a Clinical Governance (CG) framework? If yes, is the framework provided by a commercial enterprise or is the CG framework from within the organisation?
We have Governance through our external provider and in the process of establishing our Clinical Governance through our Service Medical Advisor and/or through collaboration with East of England Ambulance Service.