HC Deb 24 January 1992 vol 202 cc392-5W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list(a) for each ambulance authority in England and (b) for each financial quarter of 1990–91 and for the first three quarters of 1991–92 the percentage of emergency calls reached (i) within seven minutes, (ii) within 14 minutes in urban areas and (iii) within 19 minutes in a rural area.

Mr. Dorrell

The information is not available in exactly the form requested.

Figures are collected centrally on a financial year basis, and the standards of seven and 14 minutes for metropolitan authorities and seven and 19 minutes for non-metropolitan authorities were not widely used until 1991–92.

The tables show the numbers and percentages of emergency calls being responded to within the standards of eight and 20 minutes for non-metropolitan authorities and seven and 14 minutes for metropolitan authorities for the financial year 1990–91 which are the latest available.

Ambulance authority Total number of emergency calls Number where response within 8 minutes Percentage of calls where response within 8 minutes Time at 50th percentile (minutes)
Hereford and Worcester 19,915 11,553 58.0 8.0
Shropshire 12,348 6,269 50.8 8.0
Staffordshire 39,907 19,086 47.8 8-10
Warwickshire 11,441 7,016 61.3 7.6
Cheshire 36,718 20,624 56.2 7.0
Lancashire 73,640 49,421 67.1 7.6

Source: KA34—DH Statistics and Management Information (SM 12B) 1991.

Patient transport services: Table 2
1990–91
Quality of service
Emergency calls: Response times: Non-Metropolitan authorities England
Ambulance authority Total number of emergency calls Number where response within 20 minutes Percentage of calls where response within 20 minutes Time at 95th percentile (minutes)
Cleveland 23,784 21,664 91.1 14.0
Cumbria 14,365 13,126 91.4 23.0
Durham 29,510 28,542 96.7 18.2
Humberside 42,384 42,231 99.6 13.6
North Yorkshire1 19,241 18,403 95.6 16.5
Derbyshire 36,569 35,249 96.4 18.0
Leicestershire 31,498 30,295 96.2 19.0
Lincolnshire 15,552 14,886 95.7 20.0
Nottinghamshire 53,649 51,747 96.5 18.0
Cambridgeshire 18,090 16,103 89.0 19.0
Norfolk 24,856 22,049 88.7 18.1
Suffolk 11,510 10,175 88.4 21.6
Bedfordshire 20,641 20,123 97.5 17.0
Hertfordshire 36,873 35,103 95.2 20.0
Essex 62,301 58,372 93.7 17.1
East Sussex 36,268 33,297 91.8 15.0
Kent 56,701 54,833 96.7 18.0
Surrey 46,772 45,368 97.0 15.6
West Sussex 25,957 24,288 93.6 25.0
Dorset 26,264 24,568 93.5 17.7
Hampshire 44,148 42,919 97.2 19.7
Wiltshire 14,904 14,562 97.7 16.9
Isle of Wight 4,271 3,582 83.9 19.5
Berkshire 27,482 25,593 93.1 19.0
Buckinghamshire 18,776 16,644 88.6 16.0
Northamptonshire 16,608 16,313 982 159
Oxfordshire 17,891 15,625 87.3 21.0
Avon 33,098 31,885 96.3 15.9
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 16,371 14,806 90.4 22.0
Devon 32,681 30,785 94.2
Gloucestershire 15,400 14,606 94.8 19.0
Somerset 11,014 10,143 92.1 20.2
Hereford and Worcester 19,915 19,028 95.5 18.0
Shropshire 12,348 11,415 92.4 20.0
Staffordshire 39,907 38,986 97.7 17.0
Warwickshire 11,441 10,983 96.0 19.5
Cheshire 36,718 32,080 87.4 16.0
Lancashire 73,640 72,810 98.9 15.7
1 1988–89 data.
Patient transport services: Table 3
Quality of service: Emergency calls; Response times; Metropolitan authorities
England
Ambulance authority Total number of emergency calls Number where response within 7 minutes Percentage of calls where response within 7 minutes Time at 50th percentile (minutes)
Northumbria Metropolitan 67,309 35,674 53.0 7.0
West Yorkshire Metropolitan 113,347 39,006 34.4 8.2
South Yorkshire Metropolitan 64,863 20,246 31.2 8.1
London Ambulance Service 456,695 50,390 11.0 12.0
West Midlands Metropolitan 117,191 60,822 51.9 7.3
Mersey Metropolitan 103,400 61,618 59.6 7.0
Greater Manchester Metropolitan 159,130 74,202 46.6 8.1

Source:

KA34 DH Statistics and Management Information (SM12B) 1991.

Patient transport services: Table 4, 1990–91
Quality of service: Emergency calls; Response times; Metropolitan authorities
England
Ambulance authority Total number of emergency calls Number where response within 14 minutes Percentage of calls where response within 14 minutes Time at 95th percentile (minutes)
Northumbria Metropolitan 67,309 61,588 91.5 13.0
West Yorkshire Metropolitan 113,347 99,187 87.5 16.5
South Yorkshire Metropolitan 64,863 48,877 75.4 16.0
London Ambulance Service 456,695 336,734 73.7 21.0
West Midlands Metropolitan 117,191 103,245 88.1 19.0
Mersey Metropolitan 103,400 99,752 96.5 13.0
Greater Manchester Metropolitan 159,130 150,537 94.6 14.3

Source:

KA34 DH Statistics and Management Information (SM12B) 1991.