Ambulance crews 'struggle to reach 999 calls' Ambulance services are struggling to reach seriously ill and injured patients quickly enough after rising demand has left the system at breaking point, a BBC investigation has found.
Patients with life-threatening conditions - like cardiac arrests - are meant to be reached in eight minutes.
But only one of the UK's 13 ambulance services is currently meeting its target.
Ambulance bosses are blaming rising demand and pressure in the system. BBC News
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Patients with life-threatening conditions - like cardiac arrests - are meant to be reached in eight minutes.
But only one of the UK's 13 ambulance services is currently meeting its target.
Ambulance bosses are blaming rising demand and pressure in the system. BBC News
See also:
- Specialist paramedic: 'It could be anything, anywhere' BBC News
- Only 1 of the UK's 13 ambulance services is meeting the eight minute target The Daily Mail
- Ambulances failing to reach dying patients quickly enough as only one trust meets eight-minute target The Daily Telegraph
- Ambulances too slow to reach seriously ill patients, says report The Guardian
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