§ Mr. HeathTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average response time was for the attendance of an emergency ambulance over the last 12 months in each English region. [43739]
§ Ms BlearsLatest provisional management information indicates that, at the end of February 2002, 28 out of the 32 ambulance trusts in England were achieving the Government's key target of responding to 75 per cent. of immediately life threatening 999 calls within eight minutes.
All ambulance trusts are expected to achieve the 75 per cent. target during 2002.