Ambulance Services in Wales: November 2007

Key facts:

• there were almost 25,000 emergency calls, up 3% compared with November 2006;
• 61.7% of first responses to immediately life-threatening emergency  (Category A) calls arrived within 8 minutes, 66.6% within 9 minutes and 71.1% within 10 minutes;
• 89.2% of  Category A calls and 79.0% of  Category B calls resulted in an ambulance arriving at the scene within the target times;
• 76.5% of urgent journeys arrived not more than 15 minutes later than the requested arrival time.

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5036
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk