Ambulance Services: Standards
(asked on 2nd November 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of ambulance waiting times in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each month of (i) 2020 and (ii) 2021.
Information on the number of patients who have died while waiting for an emergency ambulance is not held centrally.
Data on ambulance waiting times for Coventry is not held centrally. Ambulance waiting times for Category 1, 2, 3 and 4 incidents in England for January 2020 to September 2021 is shown in the following table.
Mean waiting time in hours, minutes and seconds | ||||
Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | |
January 2020 | 00:07:06 | 00:20:55 | 00:56:41 | 01:14:52 |
February 2020 | 00:07:18 | 00:22:07 | 01:07:15 | 01:38:40 |
March 2020 | 00:08:07 | 00:32:06 | 01:30:09 | 01:55:50 |
April 2020 | 00:07:03 | 00:18:29 | 00:39:45 | 01:06:59 |
May 2020 | 00:06:31 | 00:13:29 | 00:28:51 | 00:51:08 |
June 2020 | 00:06:35 | 00:14:53 | 00:36:19 | 00:59:10 |
July 2020 | 00:06:46 | 00:16:41 | 00:43:24 | 01:09:19 |
August 2020 | 00:07:04 | 00:20:03 | 00:56:42 | 01:24:54 |
September 2020 | 00:07:10 | 00:22:33 | 01:06:50 | 01:38:06 |
October 2020 | 00:07:23 | 00:25:21 | 01:10:36 | 01:46:56 |
November 2020 | 00:07:09 | 00:21:16 | 00:58:29 | 01:32:40 |
December 2020 | 00:07:25 | 00:27:51 | 01:21:34 | 02:06:11 |
January 2021 | 00:07:31 | 00:29:39 | 01:27:33 | 02:11:52 |
February 2021 | 00:06:46 | 00:18:19 | 00:44:54 | 01:08:48 |
March 2021 | 00:06:47 | 00:18:26 | 00:49:25 | 01:20:59 |
April 2021 | 00:07:00 | 00:20:16 | 00:59:21 | 01:45:36 |
May 2021 | 00:07:25 | 00:24:35 | 01:24:22 | 02:31:44 |
June 2021 | 00:07:54 | 00:30:42 | 01:54:40 | 02:30:34 |
July 2021 | 00:08:33 | 00:41:04 | 02:33:43 | 02:57:40 |
August 2021 | 00:08:28 | 00:38:39 | 02:14:24 | 02:39:44 |
September 2021 | 00:09:01 | 00:45:30 | 02:35:45 | 03:07:45 |
Source: NHS Ambulance Quality Indicators
The following table shows waiting times for Category 1, 2, 3 and 4 incidents for West Midlands Ambulance Trust for January 2020 to September 2021.
Mean waiting time in hours, minutes and seconds | ||||
Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | |
January 2020 | 00:06:59 | 00:12:29 | 00:32:47 | 00:48:36 |
February 2020 | 00:07:09 | 00:13:06 | 00:41:16 | 00:56:45 |
March 2020 | 00:07:08 | 00:14:46 | 00:50:22 | 01:01:48 |
April 2020 | 00:06:58 | 00:11:45 | 00:23:23 | 00:30:23 |
May 2020 | 00:07:00 | 00:10:57 | 00:17:13 | 00:25:14 |
June 2020 | 00:06:49 | 00:10:52 | 00:18:43 | 00:27:59 |
July 2020 | 00:06:55 | 00:11:21 | 00:22:47 | 00:33:49 |
August 2020 | 00:06:56 | 00:12:09 | 00:29:15 | 00:40:33 |
September 2020 | 00:07:05 | 00:13:15 | 00:39:50 | 00:54:57 |
October 2020 | 00:07:11 | 00:13:23 | 00:40:20 | 00:58:48 |
November 2020 | 00:06:48 | 00:13:39 | 00:42:50 | 00:56:46 |
December 2020 | 00:06:57 | 00:14:46 | 00:47:41 | 01:01:10 |
January 2021 | 00:06:51 | 00:14:48 | 00:51:45 | 01:03:04 |
February 2021 | 00:06:35 | 00:12:01 | 00:25:06 | 00:35:28 |
March 2021 | 00:06:37 | 00:12:14 | 00:28:24 | 00:42:30 |
April 2021 | 00:06:35 | 00:12:39 | 00:32:49 | 00:49:45 |
May 2021 | 00:06:55 | 00:15:31 | 01:00:31 | 01:18:17 |
June 2021 | 00:07:10 | 00:18:38 | 01:29:42 | 01:56:59 |
July 2021 | 00:07:46 | 00:30:37 | 02:46:13 | 03:06:15 |
August 2021 | 00:07:31 | 00:22:49 | 01:53:02 | 02:12:04 |
September 2021 | 00:07:43 | 00:30:59 | 02:27:18 | 02:52:06 |
Source: NHS Ambulance Quality Indicators