Ambulance Service (Hansard, 16 January 2003)

HC Deb 16 January 2003 vol 397 c783W 783W

§ Mr. Beggs
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on Northern Ireland ambulance sub-station emergency call out times. [90019]

§ Mr. Browne
Ambulance Service response times to emergency calls has improved significantly since substations were introduced. For example, in the 12 months since the ambulance sub-station at Carrickfergus was opened in January 2002, the 8-minute response target was met in 45.3 per cent. of cases—against a target of 50 per cent.—while the 21-minute response target was met in 94.7 per cent. of cases—against a target of 95 per cent.