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The Welsh Ambulance Service failed to meet its response time target for the most urgent cases for the seventh consecutive month. | |
Latest figures show in December they succeeded in responding to only 56.1% of the most urgent (Category A) calls within eight minutes compared to a target of 65%. | |
The figures show a 2.3% drop in performance compared to November. | The figures show a 2.3% drop in performance compared to November. |
The Welsh Ambulance Service has been asked to comment | |
Welsh government health minister Lesley Griffiths announced a review into the service last November. | |
There were more than 38,100 emergency calls in December, and of these almost 15,600 were Category A calls. | |
December's figures show the ambulance service responded to 12% more emergency calls than the previous month. | |
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams said: "The figures released today have shown that ambulance response rates in December were the lowest of any month in 2012. | |
"While paramedics and technical staff are striving for excellence, they are facing immense pressure and having to work with increasingly stretched resources." | |
More to follow. | More to follow. |