Ambulance Services: East Midlands
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for ambulances in the East Midlands Ambulance Service area.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The following table shows the latest East Midlands Ambulance Service response times by ambulance incident category:
Category | May 2025 |
Category 1 mean response time | 00:08:33 |
Category 1 90th centile response time | 00:15:04 |
Category 2 mean response time | 00:31:26 |
Category 2 90th centile response time | 01:02:27 |
Category 3 mean response time | 01:52:10 |
Category 3 90th centile response time | 04:15:28 |
Category 4 mean response time | 02:14:03 |
Category 4 90th centile response time | 05:27:31 |
Source: NHS England Ambulance Quality Indicators 2025/26
Notes:
- the latest data available is for May 2025; and
- the data format is hours: minutes: seconds.
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