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Written question asked by Dari Taylor (Labour) on Wednesday, 30 April 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 May 2008. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 May 2008 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls

Question
(5) how many deaths occurred as a result of the ambulance service (a) being misdirected and (b) (i) arriving late and (ii) not arriving at the destination in the Teesside area of the North East, including Redcar, Cleveland, Middlesbrough, Darlington, Hartlepool and Stockton, in 2007-08 or the last 12 month period for which information is available.
Answer

The information requested is not centrally collected. The data that the Department does collect on ambulance response times is published on an annual basis in the statistical bulletin, ““Ambulance services, England. Statistical Bulletin collected in accordance with KA34””. These documents are available in the Library.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
475 c754W; 203802
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Ambulance services Emergency calls North East
Link
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