David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response time for each category of call was in Bolton in each year since 2010.
Jane Ellison
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.
The median response times to treatment for category A1 calls in the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust2, April 20113 to April 2014
Month |
Median time (in minutes) |
April 2011 |
4.2 |
May 2011 |
5.0 |
June 2011 |
5.2 |
July 2011 |
5.0 |
August 2011 |
4.7 |
September 2011 |
4.8 |
October 2011 |
4.9 |
November 2011 |
4.9 |
December 2011 |
5.0 |
January 2012 |
4.8 |
February 2012 |
5.1 |
March 2012 |
5.0 |
April 2012 |
5.6 |
May 2012 |
5.7 |
June 2012 |
5.1 |
July 2012 |
5.1 |
August 2012 |
5.2 |
September 2012 |
5.3 |
October 2012 |
5.4 |
November 2012 |
5.4 |
December 2012 |
5.7 |
January 2013 |
5.5 |
February 2013 |
5.6 |
March 2013 |
5.6 |
April 2013 |
5.8 |
May 2013 |
5.4 |
June 2013 |
5.5 |
July 2013 |
5.8 |
August 2013 |
5.7 |
September 2013 |
6.1 |
October 2013 |
6.0 |
November 2013 |
6.1 |
December 2013 |
6.1 |
January 2014 |
5.8 |
February 2014 |
6.1 |
March 2014 |
6.1 |
April 2014 |
6.1 |
Source: Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England
Notes:
1Category A calls are defined as those that are the result of immediately life threatening incidents.
2North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides services to the Bolton area. Ambulance response times are not readily available for areas smaller than those covered by one Ambulance Trust.
3Information is not available before April 2011.