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Sources of data

 

The data for the description of ambulance response times are from form KA34 & are as follows:

Source data on Ambulance service Category A calls: percentage of responses within 8 minutes


1999-2000

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

Trusts included






Cumbria Ambulance NHS Trust

61.6

69.2

72.6

76.6

76.7

75.0

North East Ambulance NHS Trust

50.1

50.8

72.3

76.6

75.6

77.4

Tees, East & North Yorkshire Ambulance NHS Trust

55.5

52.8

71.9

73.4

73.7

77.1

East Midlands Ambulance NHS Trust

37.8

49

73.1

73.2

75.0

75.4

Lincolnshire Ambulance NHS Trust

58.3

64.8

77.5

76.4

75.7

77.0

Essex Ambulance NHS Trust

61.8

72.4

78.1

67.3

75.7

77.3

Sussex Ambulance NHS Trust

56.5

61.3

71.8

72.4

71.8

73.4

Kent Ambulance NHS Trust

40.3

45.1

69.7

72.9

74.3

75.8

Dorset Ambulance NHS Trust

57.7

70.3

76.1

71.9

75.4

76.9

Royal Berkshire Ambulance NHS Trust

63.2

72.3

76.4

76.4

76.1

76.6

The Two Shires Ambulance NHS Trust

60.7

65

73.9

76

76.6

76.0

West Country Ambulance NHS Trust

39.2

43.3

58.1

72.2

75.4

75.1

Gloucestershire Ambulance NHS Trust

49.6

58.3

71.2

71.5

73.3

71.2

Staffordshire Ambulance NHS Trust

87.4

87.4

87.5

86.4

86.6

88.3

Lancashire Ambulance NHS Trust

68.6

77.3

78.3

76.7

77.7

76.7

Avon Ambulance NHS Trust

51.3

60.9

71.5

73.2

72.0

75.4

Mersey Regional Ambulance NHS Trust

59.9

77.4

75.6

76.7

76.1

73.7

 


1999-2000

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

Trusts excluded







East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust

na

53

63.8

75.2

76.1

76.5

Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire NHS Trust

na

48.9

69.5

76.2

75.3

75.2

Hampshire Ambulance NHS Trust

na

66.9

73.0

74.1

74.1

75.6

Wiltshire Ambulance NHS Trust

na

59.8

73.6

71.4

55.7

68.0

Isle of Wight Ambulance Service (NHS Trust)

na

55.8

69.4

73.3

76.5

77.2

Oxfordshire Ambulance NHS Trust

na

50.9

71.3

75.2

75.4

77.9

Hereford & Worcester Ambulance NHS Trust

na

57.3

76.7

77.8

75.3

75.0

Warwickshire Ambulance NHS Trust *

68.3

73.5

76.8

76.8

75.7

75.6

West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance NHS Trust

na

69.5

77.4

72.1

68.4

76.0

South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance NHS Trust

na

58.8

77.2

75.3

71.8

72.5

Surrey Ambulance NHS Trust

na

67

76.4

75

77.1

74.8

London Ambulance NHS Trust

na

41.8

57.2

69.1

76.0

76.6

Greater Manchester Ambulance NHS Trust

na

51.6

71.9

82.4

82.5

79.6

Shropshire Ambulance Service#

52.8

53.7

76.2

78

na

na

West Midlands Metropolitan NHS Trust*#

64

69.5

76

78.3

76.4

76.2

na -- denotes no data available

* From 1 April 2004 services for Coventry, formerly provided by West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS trust, have been provided by Coventry & Warwickshire Ambulance Service NHS trust.

# Shropshire included in West Midlands from 2003-04

Source: Form KA34

Sources for data from Table 1 are:

1999 to 2003: for all countries, Office of National Statistics, Regional Trends, 34, 35, 36, 37 & 38. (Note although data are reported for Scotland, we have been informed by the source for these data in Scotland that these are not comparable with other UK countries because of differences in definitions)

2004 & 2005:

England, Department of Health. Chief Executive’s Report to the NHS – Statistical Supplement May 2005. Table 3.5.1: Waiting lists for inpatient treatment at year end. London: Department of Health, 2005. http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/08/26/27/04082627.pdf (accessed 28 September 2005)

Wales, National Assembly for Wales, Health Statistics Wales 2005, 6.1 Waiting lists (a). http://www.wales.gov.uk/keypubstatisticsforwales/content/publication/health/2004/hsw2005/hsw2005-ch6/hsw2005-ch6.htm (Full details of changes http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=1480) (accessed 28 September 2005)

Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Waiting Lists March 2004 (Table 2.3: Ordinary Admission Waiting List by Provider and Time Waiting -- end of March 2004 and Table 2.4: Day Case Waiting List by Provider and Time Waiting -- end of March 2004); and Northern Ireland Waiting Lists March 2005 (Table 3a Number of Patients Waiting for Admission by Months Waiting and Specialty – March 2005). http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/stats&research/order.asp (accessed 28 September 2005)