Ambulance Response Times

HC Deb 19 October 1994 vol 248 cc235-6W

Mr. Raynsford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish figures for the performance of the London ambulance service in each month from July 1992 to September 1994, showing the percentage of calls responded to within 14 minutes and the target specified in the patients charter.

Mr. Sackville

The percentage of 999 calls which received a response within 14 minutes of the call being answered is shown in the table:

Month	Per cent. Response within 14 minutes
1992
July	No reliable figures available
August
September
October
November
December	59
1993
January	64
February	65
March	63
April	68
May	67
June	60
July	62
August	65
September	64
October	58
November	57
December	57
1994
January	65
February	63
March	63
April	65
May	66
June	62
July	62
August	66
September	68

Source:

London Ambulance Service quarterly and monthly reports to South Thames regional health authority. (The quarterly reports are also circulated to all London Members of Parliament.) The patients charter target response time for emergency calls in urban areas is 95 per cent. responded to within 14 minutes.