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 [...]

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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