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Ambulance response times, England

The mean time ambulances in England took to respond to the most urgent calls each month since August 2017: Category 1, for life-threatening conditions such as cardiac arrest, and Category 2, for emergencies such as a stroke or heart attack.

Category 2 mean response

31 min 18 s

Sep 2026 · Category 1: 7 min 59 s

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 10:24 UTC
Ambulance response times, England
  • Category 1 mean
  • Category 2 mean
0 min20 min40 min60 min80 min100 minAug 17Mar 19Oct 20May 22Dec 23Jul 25Sep 26

Source: NHS England. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

110 periods, newest first

PeriodCategory 1 meanCategory 2 mean
Sep 20267 min 59 s31 min 18 s
Aug 20267 min 56 s28 min 52 s
Jul 20268 min 0 s29 min 49 s
Jun 20268 min 5 s32 min 31 s
May 20267 min 52 s29 min 13 s
Apr 20267 min 40 s24 min 27 s
Mar 20267 min 46 s26 min 19 s
Feb 20267 min 50 s28 min 57 s
Jan 20268 min 7 s35 min 4 s
Dec 20257 min 59 s32 min 43 s
Nov 20258 min 1 s32 min 46 s
Oct 20258 min 1 s32 min 37 s
Sep 20258 min 1 s30 min 46 s
Aug 20257 min 47 s26 min 59 s
Jul 20257 min 55 s28 min 36 s
Jun 20257 min 55 s29 min 34 s
May 20257 min 49 s27 min 46 s
Apr 20257 min 43 s27 min 32 s
Mar 20257 min 52 s28 min 33 s
Feb 20258 min 5 s31 min 23 s
Jan 20258 min 16 s35 min 39 s
Dec 20248 min 40 s47 min 26 s
Nov 20248 min 37 s42 min 25 s
Oct 20248 min 38 s42 min 15 s
Sep 20248 min 25 s36 min 3 s
Aug 20248 min 3 s27 min 24 s
Jul 20248 min 15 s33 min 24 s
Jun 20248 min 21 s34 min 37 s
May 20248 min 16 s32 min 44 s
Apr 20248 min 10 s30 min 21 s
Mar 20248 min 20 s33 min 51 s
Feb 20248 min 25 s36 min 20 s
Jan 20248 min 25 s40 min 6 s
Dec 20238 min 44 s45 min 57 s
Nov 20238 min 31 s38 min 30 s
Oct 20238 min 41 s41 min 43 s
Sep 20238 min 31 s37 min 39 s
Aug 20238 min 17 s31 min 30 s
Jul 20238 min 21 s31 min 49 s
Jun 20238 min 41 s36 min 47 s
May 20238 min 17 s32 min 22 s
Apr 20238 min 7 s28 min 33 s
Mar 20238 min 49 s39 min 33 s
Feb 20238 min 30 s32 min 20 s
Jan 20238 min 30 s32 min 6 s
Dec 202210 min 58 s92 min 55 s
Nov 20229 min 26 s48 min 10 s
Oct 20229 min 56 s61 min 19 s
Sep 20229 min 19 s47 min 59 s
Aug 20229 min 8 s42 min 37 s
Jul 20229 min 34 s58 min 53 s
Jun 20229 min 5 s51 min 26 s
May 20228 min 36 s39 min 54 s
Apr 20229 min 2 s51 min 17 s
Mar 20229 min 35 s61 min 5 s
Feb 20228 min 51 s42 min 7 s
Jan 20228 min 31 s38 min 4 s
Dec 20219 min 14 s53 min 22 s
Nov 20219 min 11 s46 min 38 s
Oct 20219 min 22 s53 min 55 s
Sep 20219 min 2 s45 min 30 s
Aug 20218 min 28 s38 min 39 s
Jul 20218 min 34 s41 min 4 s
Jun 20217 min 55 s30 min 41 s
May 20217 min 25 s24 min 35 s
Apr 20217 min 0 s20 min 17 s
Mar 20216 min 47 s18 min 26 s
Feb 20216 min 46 s18 min 19 s
Jan 20217 min 31 s29 min 39 s
Dec 20207 min 25 s27 min 51 s
Nov 20207 min 9 s21 min 16 s
Oct 20207 min 23 s25 min 21 s
Sep 20207 min 10 s22 min 33 s
Aug 20207 min 4 s20 min 3 s
Jul 20206 min 46 s16 min 41 s
Jun 20206 min 35 s14 min 53 s
May 20206 min 31 s13 min 29 s
Apr 20207 min 3 s18 min 29 s
Mar 20208 min 7 s32 min 6 s
Feb 20207 min 18 s22 min 7 s
Jan 20207 min 6 s20 min 55 s
Dec 20197 min 33 s27 min 57 s
Nov 20197 min 27 s25 min 52 s
Oct 20197 min 23 s23 min 47 s
Sep 20197 min 15 s22 min 23 s
Aug 20197 min 5 s21 min 19 s
Jul 20197 min 14 s23 min 19 s
Jun 20197 min 7 s22 min 28 s
May 20196 min 54 s21 min 2 s
Apr 20196 min 59 s21 min 29 s
Mar 20197 min 0 s21 min 15 s
Feb 20197 min 17 s23 min 37 s
Jan 20197 min 8 s22 min 58 s
Dec 20187 min 6 s22 min 23 s
Nov 20187 min 11 s21 min 56 s
Oct 20187 min 11 s21 min 15 s
Sep 20187 min 11 s21 min 36 s
Aug 20187 min 8 s20 min 37 s
Jul 20187 min 28 s22 min 33 s
Jun 20187 min 36 s21 min 30 s
May 20187 min 44 s21 min 11 s
Apr 20187 min 37 s20 min 9 s
Mar 20188 min 35 s27 min 44 s
Feb 20188 min 17 s25 min 35 s
Jan 20188 min 19 s26 min 4 s
Dec 20178 min 52 s29 min 36 s
Nov 20177 min 57 s22 min 45 s
Oct 20177 min 55 s21 min 56 s
Sep 20178 min 7 s21 min 59 s
Aug 20179 min 14 s23 min 55 s

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Source and licence

Publisher
NHS England
Check it yourself
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
28 October 2026, 10:17 UTC
Raw files fetched

Verification

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 10:24 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 10:24 UTC; 220 of 220 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedNHS England; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T10:17:19Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures220 of 220 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers220 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure220 of 220 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassNHS England file is currentlatest month 2026-09 ended 28 days before retrieval (limit 100), from AmbSYS-to-Sep-2026-as6t8.csv
PassThe AmbSYS time series workbook agrees220 of 220 figures match the England view of 'Response times' in https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/AmbSYS-Time-Series-to-20260930-as6t8.xlsx
PassEach mean is the total time over the count220 of 220 figures match England's total response times (A24, A30) over its incident counts (A8, A10) in the stored CSV, rounded half up to whole seconds
Not runSource page answershttps://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ refuses automated requests (a bot challenge, HTTP 202); open it in a browser to compare

Notes

  • The mean time the first ambulance response took to arrive. The standards are a mean of 7 minutes for Category 1 and 18 minutes for Category 2.
  • London Ambulance Service sent no figures for October and November 2022, so England's figures for those months leave London out. NHS England says London's Category 1 times were under-reported from August 2020 to September 2022.