November 15, 2023
National Health Service (UK)
"Ambulance response times and demand
- There are four categories of severity for ambulance calls, as follows. Each has a different response time standard:
Category 1: An immediate response to a life-threatening condition, such
as cardiac or respiratory arrest...
Demand for ambulance services
In the last two years the number of category 1 ambulance incidents (the most serious category) has increased.
In October 2023 there were 2,688 category 1 ambulance incidents every day on average – up from 1,986 per day in October 2019."
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