§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each ambulance authority the number of journeys cancelled due to no vehicle being available in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. DorrellThis information is not collected centrally.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for 1989–90 for each ambulance authority the percentage of emergency calls where response time was within(a) 14 minutes and (b) seven minutes.
§ Mr. DorrellFigures for response times are collected centrally only at seven and 14 minutes for metropolitan authorities. These are given in table 1.
Data for response times for non-metropolitan authorities are collected at eight and 20 minutes. These are shown in table 2.
Patient Transport Services 1989–90: Table 1 Quality of Service Emergency calls: Response times: Metropolitan authorities England Ambulance authority Percentage of calls where response within 7 minutes Percentage of calls where response within 14 minutes Northumbria Met. 52.6 95.4 West Yorkshire Met. 36.7 90.5 South Yorkshire Met. 28.5 70.7 London Ambulance Service 14.3 78.8 West Midlands Met. 49.0 34.0 Mersey Met. 63.2 98.2 Greater Manchester Met. 46.6 93.1 Source: KA34. DH Statistics and Management information (SM12B) 1990.
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Changes to the number of registered dentists on FHSA lists between 1st October 1989 and 1st October 1990 (England only) FHSA Withdrawals Additions Net change Cleveland 42 52 10 Cumbria 26 31 5 Durham 31 42 11 Northumberland 22 29 7 Gateshead 14 17 3 Newcastle upon Tyne 20 35 15 North Tyneside 16 25 9 South Tyneside 17 15 -2 Sunderland 34 29 -5 Humberside 48 52 4 North Yorkshire 59 64 5 Bradford 30 48 18
Table 2 Patient transport services 1989.90 Quality of service Emergency calls: response times: non.Metropolitan authorities England Ambulance authority Percentage of calls where response within 8 minutes Percentage of calls where response within 20 minutes Cleveland 53.0 85.6 Cumbria 58.0 94.1 Durham 82.7 96.2 Humberside 71.6 99.6 North Yorkshire 61.4 94.3 Derbyshire 48.3 96.5 Leicestershire 53.0 96.4 Lincolnshire 64.0 95.7 Nottinghamshire 42.8 68.7 Cambridgeshire 43.9 88.7 Norfolk 62.5 97.7 Suffolk 49.7 87.8 Bedfordshire 60.3 97.7 Hertfordshire 57.2 96.0 Essex 41.6 79.1 East Sussex 52.2 70.5 Kent 60.8 96.5 Surrey 57.8 92.9 West Sussex 63.8 94.3 Dorset 62.2 94.9 Hampshire 50.3 97.5 Wiltshire 58.9 93.9 Isle of Wight 45.8 82.9 Berkshire 41.1 84.2 Buckinghamshire 59.0 95.3 Northamptonshire 60.0 98.0 Oxfordshire 46.2 81.2 Avon 57.9 95.7 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 40.9 89.6 Devon 59.5 98.8 Gloucestershire n/a 97.6 Somerset 53.8 86.5 Hereford and Worcester 59.5 95.4 Shropshire 49.6 92.2 Staffordshire 50.3 98.0 Warwickshire 74.0 93.9 Cheshire 54.1 94.0 Lancashire 70.9 99.1 Source: DH Statistics and Management Information 1990.