What the average response time to an emergency call to the ambulance service was in each NHS board area in each year since 1997, broken dow…

Answered Asked by Stewart Stevenson SNP Lodged 1 Aug 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average response time to an emergency call to the ambulance service was in each NHS board area in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.

The answer

Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 Sep 2005 · 39 days after it was lodged, 11 days after it was due

The information requested is provided in the following table.
NHS Board Area
| 1997-98
(minutes)
| 1998-99
| 1999-2000
| 2000-01
| 2001-02
| 2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05

Argyll and Clyde
| 9.7
| 10.7
| 9.9
| 10.0
| 10.1
| 11.0
| 10.2
| 11.9*

Ayrshire and Arran
| 9.2
| 9.5
| 9.1
| 9.4
| 9.6
| 9.4
| 9.5
| 8.6*

Borders
| 9.9
| 9.7
| 9.7
| 9.9
| 9.8
| 10.0*
| 8.8*
| 9.2*

Dumfries and Galloway
| 9.6
| 9.5
| 9.5
| 9.4
| 9.2
| 10.7
| 9.7
| 10.1*

Fife
| 9.2
| 9.0
| 8.6
| 8.7
| 8.6
| 8.6*
| 8.1*
| 7.9*

Forth Valley
| 9.0
| 9.8
| 9.7
| 9.7
| 10.0
| 9.3*
| 8.6*
| 8.6*

Grampian
| 8.6
| 9.5
| 8.7
| 9.4
| 9.1
| 11.3
| 8.1*
| 7.6*

Greater Glasgow
| 10.0
| 10.4
| 9.8
| 10.0
| 9.5
| 9.2*
| 8.6*
| 8.9*

Highland
| 9.5
| 10.1
| 9.6
| 9.8
| 9.7
| 8.3*
| 9.0*
| 9.5*

Lanarkshire
| 9.7
| 10.2
| 10.6
| 10.9
| 11.4
| 10.7*
| 9.3*
| 9.6*

Lothian
|

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