Ambulance Quality Indicators – monthly update for England

January 6th, 2012 by Editor | No Comments

Ambulance Systems Indicators for period November 2011 and Ambulance Clinical Outcomes for period August 2011 The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Ambulance System Indicators; Category A 8 minute response time, category A 19 minute response time, call abandonment rate, re-contact rate following discharge of care, time to answer call, time [...]


Ambulance man chose not to attend nearby 999 call

November 2nd, 2010 by Editor | 1 Comment

An ambulance technician chose not to respond to a 999 call about a woman having what proved to be a fatal heart attack 800 yards from his depot in Moray because he was on a break.


Ambulance trusts ‘failing to meet response-time targets’

July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Ambulance trusts 'failing to meet response-time targets'

Nearly half of England’s ambulance trusts are taking too long to respond to life-threatening emergencies


Ambulance staff turn to bikes to get to 999 calls quicker – The Daily Record

June 28th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Ambulance staff are aiming to respond quicker to emergencies – by using push bikes


Ambulance trusts failing to meet response-time targets

June 19th, 2009 by Editor | 1 Comment

Ambulance trusts failing to meet response-time targets

Nearly half of Englands ambulance trusts are taking too long to respond to life-threatening emergencies


SCAS: we need volunteers to hit waiting times

June 16th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

SCAS: we need volunteers to hit waiting times

A South Central Ambulance Service boss said it could not get to 75 per cent of seriously ill patients within eight minutes without peoples’ help


“Enormous pressure” call on failing ambulance bosses

May 27th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

South Central Ambulance Service must address “serious concerns” among the public over response times that are not hitting national targets


Ambulance services move in to Tesco’s to cut response times

May 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Great Western Ambulance Service has teamed up with Tesco to cut response times.An ambulance crew is now permanently based at the supermarket in Brockworth to serve 999 callers on the east of Gloucester


NWAS misses its emergency response time targets

May 14th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Merseyside’s ambulance service is taking too long to respond to emergency calls, according to new figures


Police cars ‘as ambulances’ fear

May 12th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

A chief constable has said he fears an injured person will die in the back of a police car heading for hospital due to poor ambulance response times






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