Ambulance Services: Standards

(asked on 20th November 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average ambulance response time was for each category in each of the last 24 months.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 27th November 2024

The following table shows the national mean average ambulance service response times in England, in minutes and broken down by category, in each of the last 24 months:

Year

Month

Category 1 mean

Category 2 mean

Category 3 mean

Category 4 mean

2022

November

0:09:26

0:48:10

2:42:14

3:21:43

2022

December

0:10:58

1:32:55

4:18:16

4:34:56

2023

January

0:08:30

0:32:06

1:26:09

1:48:46

2023

February

0:08:30

0:32:20

1:42:39

2:12:24

2023

March

0:08:49

0:39:33

2:13:39

2:51:49

2023

April

0:08:07

0:28:33

1:30:54

1:54:17

2023

May

0:08:17

0:32:22

1:46:10

2:20:15

2023

June

0:08:41

0:36:47

2:05:38

2:45:28

2023

July

0:08:21

0:31:49

1:50:11

2:21:31

2023

August

0:08:17

0:31:30

1:45:27

2:07:18

2023

September

0:08:31

0:37:39

2:16:04

2:41:45

2023

October

0:08:41

0:41:43

2:31:14

2:51:00

2023

November

0:08:31

0:38:30

2:16:32

2:36:57

2023

December

0:08:44

0:45:57

2:37:12

2:55:53

2024

January

0:08:25

0:40:06

2:12:53

2:42:45

2024

February

0:08:25

0:36:20

2:04:15

2:33:06

2024

March

0:08:20

0:33:50

2:03:47

2:29:48

2024

April

0:08:10

0:30:22

1:42:13

2:03:16

2024

May

0:08:16

0:32:44

2:00:00

2:21:11

2024

June

0:08:21

0:34:38

2:02:34

2:20:58

2024

July

0:08:15

0:33:25

2:01:21

2:21:47

2024

August

0:08:03

0:27:25

1:30:33

1:56:10

2024

September

0:08:25

0:36:02

2:12:54

2:32:51

2024

October

0:08:38

0:42:15

2:41:28

2:57:18

Source: the data is published by NHS England, and is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/

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