Ambulance Services, March 2009

Statistics on ambulance services in Wales include data for March 2009. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 1 April.

The key points from the latest release are:

• there were over 26,500 emergency calls, up 1.9% compared with March 2008;
• 65.1% of first responses to immediately life-threatening emergency  (Category A) calls arrived within 8 minutes, 69.3% within 9 minutes and 73.3% within 10 minutes;
• 89.1% of  Category A calls and 79.5% of Category B calls resulted in an ambulance arriving at the scene within the target times;
• 80.6% 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

Next update

June 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)