Ambulance services, February 2013

Statistics on ambulance services in Wales include data for February 2013. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 27 February 2013.

The key points from the latest release are:

• there were just over 32,500 emergency calls, 1.2% fewer than in February 2012
• of these, more than 13,000 were Category A (immediately life-threatening) calls, 1.8% up on February 2012
• 60.8% (7,757) emergency responses to Category A (immediately life-threatening) calls arrived at the scene within 8 minutes, below the all-Wales target of 65% for the ninth successive month; and
• performance in 11 of the 22 Unitary Authority areas was above the 60% UA target, up from 9 in January 2013

Further information

StatsWales website (external link)

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5086
Email: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

24 April 2013