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Ambulance Services: Gloucester

Asked by Alex McIntyreLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 25 March 2026UIN 121528

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what improvements have been made to ambulance response times in Gloucester constituency between 2024 and 2025.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Gloucester is served by the South-Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT). In the year 2023/24, average Category 2 response times were 42 minutes and 50 seconds. In the year 2024/25, average Category 2 response times worsened, to 45 minutes and 25 seconds.

However, the most recent National Health Service performance figures for SWASFT show that the year-to-date, from April 2025 to February 2026, the average Category 2 response time has been 34 minutes and 50 seconds, showing considerable improvement this financial year.

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