Why have ambulance waiting times been getting worse?

Why have ambulance waiting times been getting worse? In England, people are waiting longer than ever for ambulances to arrive. For the most critical calls, with a target response time of 7 minutes, patients in 2021/22 waited 8 and a half minutes on average – almost a fifth longer than they would have waited in 2018/19. For less urgent cases that still require an ambulance response, waits have more than doubled to an average of 3 hours. The Health Foundation

See also:

• Increasing handover delays contributing to growing ambulance waiting times The Health Foundation