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Six Dacia Dusters have joined the fleet of South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) for use by its community first responder (CFR) programme.
SWASFT is said to have been influenced in its selection of the vehicles by South Central Ambulance Charity, which in 2020 bought 40 for use by its CFRs.
The new SWASFT Dusters have been financed by a grant from NHS Charities Together via the South Western Ambulance Charity.
Each Duster is equipped with a full CFR kit, including a defibrillator and observation equipment, as well as a Raizer lifting chair to assist patients who have had a fall.
As well as CFR duties, the Dusters will also be used for welfare and incident support, volunteer training, and for promotional purposes at public events.
Community responder officer for the Dorset region David Sale said: "When the project team evaluated which vehicles would be suitable, the Duster met our requirements and needs.
"Its competitive cost allowed us to make the grant go as far as possible, while also providing our CFR volunteers with a safe, comfortable and spacious car in which to carry out their role.
"Having seen how the Duster has performed for South Central Ambulance Service CFRs, we could trust it to be both durable and suitable for the role. A great deal of the area we cover is rural but the 4x2 version is perfectly capable for our requirements and while we have only had the Dusters for a short time, we are already keen to try and add more to our CFR vehicle fleet."
Dacia brand director for the UK Luke Broad said: "[The Duster is] fast carving a niche for itself as the perfect and proven community first responder vehicle. It's clear that the Duster works in every sense for a growing number of trusts, and we're exceptionally pleased to see that it's helping them to optimise their operating costs while enhancing the care that they can provide in their communities."
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