PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ambulance Services: Greater London (21 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average change in (a) stroke and (b) heart attack ambulance waiting times as a result of the London drop and go ambulance policy.

Asked by:
Luke Taylor (Liberal Democrat)

The Department does not hold the information requested. Category 2 ambulance calls are emergency responses, which can include serious time-sensitive incidents such as strokes and heart attacks. The following table shows the national and London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) Category 2 response times, displayed in minutes and seconds, for September 2024:

	Response time
LAS	42:27
England	36:02

Source: The data is published by NHS England, and is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/

Answered by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
28 October 2024