Ambulance times blow
Ambulance trusts across England continue to fail to hit national targets on response times, latest figures show.
Data from NHS England reveals that the proportion of the most serious Category A (Red 1) calls resulting in an emergency vehicle arriving at the scene within eight minutes was 74.6 per cent nationally in October.
This falls short of the 75 per cent target and compares to an average of 74.7 per cent from October 2012 to September 2013.
Some trusts performed particularly poorly, with the lowest level of response meaning just 68.4 per cent of calls had an emergency vehicle at the scene within eight minutes.
In October, 66.9 per cent of ambulances in Shropshire hit the eight minute target, while 77.1 per cent did in Telford and Wrekin. Red 1 calls are the most time-critical.
