Prognosis
England Heart Attack Patients Wait 93 Minutes for an Ambulance
- Waits for emergency treatment at record levels, figures show
- Government battles to control rolling strikes by NHS workers
Ambulances took an average of 1 hour 33 minutes to reach category two patients.
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Ambulance response times and waits for emergency treatment in England are the worst on record, according to new figures published as the government battles to control a raft of walkouts by health workers.
The average ambulance response time in December for the highest priority, life-threatening calls was 10 minutes 57 seconds, data from NHS England showed Thursday. The target response time is 7 minutes.