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<p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is
available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Table: The median ambulance
response times to treatment for category A<sup>1</sup> calls in the North West Ambulance
Service NHS Trust<sup>2,3</sup>, April 2011<sup>4</sup> to March 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Median
time to treatment for Category A calls (in minutes)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2011</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2011</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June
2011</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2011</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August
2011</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October
2011</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December
2011</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2012</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February
2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2012</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2012</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June
2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August
2012</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October
2012</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December
2012</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2013</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February
2013</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2013</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2013</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June
2013</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August
2013</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October
2013</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December
2013</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February
2014</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>:
Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><sup>1</sup>Category
A calls are defined as those that are the result of immediately life threatening incidents.</p><p><sup>2</sup>North
West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides services to the Liverpool and Merseyside
areas. Ambulance response times are not readily available for areas smaller than those
covered by one Ambulance Trust.</p><p><sup>3</sup>It is not possible to calculate
the median time to treatment for England from the medians for individual ambulance
trusts.</p><p><sup>4</sup>Information is not available before April 2011.</p><p> </p><p>Before
April 2011, data was collected annually in the KA34 Ambulance Statistics. This shows
the annual trend in national ambulance activity has been increasing since 2007/08:
from 4.3 million emergency journeys in 2007/08 to 5 million in 2012/13 (latest available).</p><p>
</p><p>The performance of ambulance services is performance measured on a monthly
basis against three response time standards. On the basis of these standards performance
in the North West Ambulance Trust is broadly stable.</p><p> </p>
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