Health Secretary Wes Streeting dealt with calls last night to ditch the 'ridiculous' Net Zero plan to amaze all UK ambulances within 15 years.

The cash-strapped NHS is preparing to desert all its diesel ambulances and set up almost 5,000 charging points at health centers and ambulance stations to power a fleet of electric-powered lorries.

Health chiefs have actually declined to expose how much the brand-new ambulances will cost, however official figures seen by the Mail on Sunday reveal it will cost ₤ 100million just to update the grid and electrical facilities needed for points.

The MoS can also reveal there are currently simply two electric-powered ambulances getting travelers in England - compared with more than 4,500 diesel ambulances.

There are 160 other electrical emergency situation lorries for paramedics, consisting of 2 cars and trucks, 16 response vans and 3 motorcycles.

The newest electrical ambulances have a range of up to 200 miles, but paramedic crews in backwoods typically take a trip further in a shift.

Latest figures reveal the average action time in England for the most deadly 'category-one' ambulance calls is 7 minutes and 52 seconds - compared with an NHS target of 7 minutes.

Last night Nick Timothy MP, former chief of personnel to ex-prime minister Theresa May, said: 'Ambulance services have been struggling to fulfill their action targets. With these difficulties it is ridiculous to distract NHS employees from their tasks with unrealistic Net Zero targets.

West Midlands Ambulance service introduced the very first completely electric emergency ambulance 2020