HC Deb 22 February 1993 vol 219 cc476-7W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list(a) for each ambulance authority in England and (b) for the financial year 1991–92 and each off the first two quarters of 1992–93 (i) the total number of emergency calls, (ii) the percentage of emergency calls which were reached within 14 minutes in urban areas and (iii) the percentage of emergency calls which were reached within 19 minutes in rural areas.

Mr. Sackville

Information for 1992–93 is not yet available. Final figures for 1991–92 are given in the table.

Emergency calls
Ambulance authority Total number of emergency calls Response within 19 minutes calls Per cent.
Non-Metropolitan authorities 1991–92
Cleveland 23,089 94
Cumbria 14,602 87
Durham 29,583 96
Humberside 141,793 99
North Yorkshire 20,904 96
Derbyshire 35,714 297
Leicestershire 31,647 96
Lincolnshire NHS Trust 16,388 296
Nottinghamshire 53,500 297
Cambridgeshire 119,206 84
Norfolk NHS Trust 26,808 91
Suffolk 11,606 291
Bedfordshire 20,471 95
Hertfordshire 38,773 96
Essex 62,577 96
East Sussex 33,338 96
Kent 55,993 96
Surrey 42,565 291
West Sussex 25,048 97
Dorset 125,583 97
Hampshire 137,508 97
Wiltshire 14,383 96
Isle of Wight 13,477 99
Berkshire 127,665 93
Buckinghamshire 17,155 296
Northamptonshire 16,657 298
Oxfordshire 15,614 292
Avon 33,321 299
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 16,306 292
Devon 133,304 94
Gloucestershire 15,696 94
Somerset 11,078 291
Hereford and Worcester 119,867 97
Shropshire 13,732 293
Staffordshire 41,346 299
Warwickshire 113,898 94
Cheshire 37,522 287
Lancashire 71,414 299
1 Return based on number of emergency patient journeys.
2 Journeys where response within 20 minutes.

Emergency calls
Ambulance authority Total number of emergency calls Response within 19 minutes calls Per cent.
Metropolitan authorities 1991–92
Northumberland Metropolitan NHS Trust 166,098 97
West Yorkshire Metropolitan 101,227 83
South Yorkshire Metropolitan NHS Trust 64,073 76
London Ambulance Service 472,310 64
West Midlands Metropolitan 1120,258 92
Mersey Metropolitan NHS Trust 1102,096 94
Greater Manchester Metropolitan 1157,902 97
1 Return based on number of emergency patient journeys.

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