Ambulance Response Times Must Be Reported Locally

This bill requires ambulance services to publish response time data for smaller local areas, not just whole regions. Currently, ambulance services report how quickly they respond to emergency calls across large areas like entire counties. The bill would make them break this down into smaller areas like individual towns or postcodes. This means people could see how long ambulances take to reach their specific neighbourhood. The government says this will help identify areas with poor ambulance response times. The bill would apply to all ambulance services in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Local councils and health boards would receive this detailed data to help them understand emergency care in their areas.

• 1Ambulance services must report response times for small local areas, not just large regions
• 2People can see how quickly ambulances reach their specific neighbourhood or postcode
• 3Data must be published regularly and made available to the public
• 4Local councils and health boards will receive detailed response time information
• 5The reporting requirements apply to all UK ambulance services