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| Ambulance service fails key 999 response target | Ambulance service fails key 999 response target |
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| The Welsh Ambulance Service has failed to hit its target of reaching 65% of life-threatening incidents in eight minutes for the 17th time in 18 months. | The Welsh Ambulance Service has failed to hit its target of reaching 65% of life-threatening incidents in eight minutes for the 17th time in 18 months. |
| The figure for November was 63.2%, down from 65.2% in the previous month which was the only time the national target had been met since May 2012. | The figure for November was 63.2%, down from 65.2% in the previous month which was the only time the national target had been met since May 2012. |
| The Conservatives claimed the October figure "now looks like a blip". | |
| A Welsh government spokesman said the ambulance service continued to show "real resilience". | A Welsh government spokesman said the ambulance service continued to show "real resilience". |
| According to Statistics Wales 68.6% of life threatening calls were responded to within nine minutes, 87.7% within 15 minutes and 94.2% within 20 minutes during November. | According to Statistics Wales 68.6% of life threatening calls were responded to within nine minutes, 87.7% within 15 minutes and 94.2% within 20 minutes during November. |
| All these responses were also lower than the figures for October. | All these responses were also lower than the figures for October. |
| The Conservatives' Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar AM said: "Sadly, it's back to missed response times targets and last month's achievement now looks like a blip. | The Conservatives' Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar AM said: "Sadly, it's back to missed response times targets and last month's achievement now looks like a blip. |
| "After 18 months of failure Carwyn Jones and Welsh Labour trumpeted the last set of figures. | "After 18 months of failure Carwyn Jones and Welsh Labour trumpeted the last set of figures. |
| "Today I expect them to apologise and guarantee urgent improvements. | "Today I expect them to apologise and guarantee urgent improvements. |
| "With the potential for much colder weeks looming, this is an extremely worrying slip in performance." | "With the potential for much colder weeks looming, this is an extremely worrying slip in performance." |
| Welsh Liberal Democrats leader Kirsty Williams AM accused the Welsh government of a false promise. | |
| "Patients in Wales deserve better and the minister needs to explain how lasting improvement is going to be made," she said. | |
| A Welsh government spokesman said: "The McClelland Review of the Welsh Ambulance Service was clear that a shift is needed to targets which measure outcomes for patients. That is what we are now doing in Wales. | A Welsh government spokesman said: "The McClelland Review of the Welsh Ambulance Service was clear that a shift is needed to targets which measure outcomes for patients. That is what we are now doing in Wales. |
| "In the meantime, the Welsh Ambulance Service continues to display real resilience in the face of growing demands and the start of winter pressures." | "In the meantime, the Welsh Ambulance Service continues to display real resilience in the face of growing demands and the start of winter pressures." |
| The spokesman added that the figures for November were a "testament to the hard work of paramedics and ambulance trust staff who are often criticised for failing to achieve a target that is only very weakly backed by evidence". | The spokesman added that the figures for November were a "testament to the hard work of paramedics and ambulance trust staff who are often criticised for failing to achieve a target that is only very weakly backed by evidence". |