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Critical ambulance response times up by over a minute in three years, says Labour
Ambulances responding to patients in “life-threatening conditions” such as heart attacks or stroke are taking more than a minute longer to reach them compared to three years ago, Labour warned yesterday.
According to Health and Social Care Information Centre records, category-A callouts are taking an average 67 seconds longer to get to patients than in 2011.
Labour blames the chaos at A&E departments, with ambulances trapped in queues outside.
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