§ Mr. BlunkettTo 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.
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§ Mr. SackvilleInformation 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.