Ambulance Services: Standards

(asked on 16th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what were the average response times for ambulances (a) operated by Yorkshire Ambulance Service, (b) in York and (c) in England by ambulance response category in each of the last 12 months.


Answered by
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Edward Argar
This question was answered on 21st June 2022

The following table shows the mean average ambulance response times in hours, minutes and seconds in each incident Category by Yorkshire Ambulance Service in each month from June 2021 to May 2022.

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

Category 4

June 2021

0:08:31

0:30:04

1:31:31

2:29:41

July 2021

0:09:16

0:37:21

2:05:46

3:01:13

August 2021

0:08:55

0:37:18

2:04:35

3:09:05

September 2021

0:09:44

0:37:56

1:58:54

2:53:33

October 2021

0:11:04

0:43:40

2:22:25

2:50:03

November 2021

0:10:09

0:42:00

2:12:27

2:41:47

December 2021

0:09:49

0:46:56

2:28:22

3:15:53

January 2022

0:08:55

0:32:43

1:25:52

1:33:40

February 2022

0:08:45

0:29:45

1:21:33

1:46:13

March 2022

0:09:42

0:46:41

2:33:59

2:37:25

April 2022

0:09:35

0:42:03

1:59:08

2:26:57

May 2022

0:08:34

0:32:42

1:34:17

2:00:30

Source: NHS Ambulance Quality Indicators

Response times in York are not collected centrally as this information is measured at regional ambulance trust level.

The following table shows the mean average ambulance response times in hours, minutes and seconds in each incident Category in Englandin each month from June 2021 to May 2022.

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

Category 4

June 2021

0:07:55

0:24:35

1:54:40

3:04:59

July 2021

0:08:34

0:30:41

2:33:54

3:40:24

August 2021

0:08:28

0:41:04

2:14:26

3:10:00

September 2021

0:09:02

0:38:39

2:35:43

3:53:46

October 2021

0:09:22

0:45:30

3:09:54

4:28:50

November 2021

0:09:11

0:53:55

2:37:12

3:40:01

December 2021

0:09:14

0:46:38

2:51:03

3:27:59

January 2022

0:08:31

0:53:22

1:56:52

2:34:49

February 2022

0:08:51

0:38:04

2:16:13

3:01:26

March 2022

0:09:35

0:42:07

3:28:12

4:07:40

April 2022

0:09:02

1:01:05

2:38:41

3:08:01

May 2022

0:08:36

0:51:22

2:09:32

2:47:57

Source: NHS Ambulance Quality Indicators

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