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Ambulance Services: East Midlands

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 61213

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:

  1. the latest data available is for May 2025; and
  2. the data format is hours: minutes: seconds.

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