I personally think this is a wild underestimation.
Category 1 calls (suspected cardiac arrest etc) – Mean target of 7 minutes and 90th percentile of 15 minutes. Reality in December 2022 – Mean of 11 minutes and 90th percentile of 19 minutes 25 seconds.
Category 2 calls (suspected stroke, heart attack etc) – Mean target of 18 minutes and 90th percentile of 40 minutes. Reality in December 2022 – Mean of 1 hour 32 minutes and 90th percentile of 3 hours 41 minutes.
500 my arse. For strokes and heart attacks for example the sooner you’re given a clot buster drug the less damage they cause.
I wonder to what extent the cycle lanes, constructed without proper regard for emergency traffic, contributed to this situation? A few years ago, there was considerable outcry, particularly from ambulance crews, about this very issue, although it seems to have faded from discussion recently.
All too often, I’ve witnessed scenarios where ambulances can’t navigate through because cars are unable to pull in due to too closely spaced poles.
[For reference](https://fullfact.org/health/accident-emergency-delays-excess-deaths/) it was raised late last year that excess *deaths* relating to ambulance delays were estimated to be in the region of 300-500 *per week*. That is not a rock solid figure but that’s the ballpark we’re talking.
It is fucking mad to think how long this has been going on for, how many people have had to suffer and die because of this, and there is *still* no resolution in sight.
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I personally think this is a wild underestimation.
Category 1 calls (suspected cardiac arrest etc) – Mean target of 7 minutes and 90th percentile of 15 minutes. Reality in December 2022 – Mean of 11 minutes and 90th percentile of 19 minutes 25 seconds.
Category 2 calls (suspected stroke, heart attack etc) – Mean target of 18 minutes and 90th percentile of 40 minutes. Reality in December 2022 – Mean of 1 hour 32 minutes and 90th percentile of 3 hours 41 minutes.
500 my arse. For strokes and heart attacks for example the sooner you’re given a clot buster drug the less damage they cause.
I wonder to what extent the cycle lanes, constructed without proper regard for emergency traffic, contributed to this situation? A few years ago, there was considerable outcry, particularly from ambulance crews, about this very issue, although it seems to have faded from discussion recently.
All too often, I’ve witnessed scenarios where ambulances can’t navigate through because cars are unable to pull in due to too closely spaced poles.
[For reference](https://fullfact.org/health/accident-emergency-delays-excess-deaths/) it was raised late last year that excess *deaths* relating to ambulance delays were estimated to be in the region of 300-500 *per week*. That is not a rock solid figure but that’s the ballpark we’re talking.
It is fucking mad to think how long this has been going on for, how many people have had to suffer and die because of this, and there is *still* no resolution in sight.