Emergency ambulance calls and responses to red calls, October 2015 to June 2025

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [b] = break in time series.

Data values	Data description	Date	Local health board
1,800	Red calls	November 2017	Wales
369	Red calls	November 2017	Betsi Cadwaladr
50	Red calls	November 2017	Powys
238	Red calls	November 2017	Hywel Dda
329	Red calls	November 2017	Aneurin Bevan
282	Red calls	November 2017	Cardiff & Vale
353	Red calls	November 2017	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
179	Red calls	November 2017	Cwm Taf
2,282	Red calls	December 2017	Wales
509	Red calls	December 2017	Betsi Cadwaladr
87	Red calls	December 2017	Powys
256	Red calls	December 2017	Hywel Dda
425	Red calls	December 2017	Aneurin Bevan
354	Red calls	December 2017	Cardiff & Vale
444	Red calls	December 2017	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
207	Red calls	December 2017	Cwm Taf
2,207	Red calls	January 2018	Wales
463	Red calls	January 2018	Betsi Cadwaladr
64	Red calls	January 2018	Powys
264	Red calls	January 2018	Hywel Dda
427	Red calls	January 2018	Aneurin Bevan
332	Red calls	January 2018	Cardiff & Vale
435	Red calls	January 2018	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
222	Red calls	January 2018	Cwm Taf
1,952	Red calls	February 2018	Wales
380	Red calls	February 2018	Betsi Cadwaladr
60	Red calls	February 2018	Powys
258	Red calls	February 2018	Hywel Dda
359	Red calls	February 2018	Aneurin Bevan
318	Red calls	February 2018	Cardiff & Vale
399	Red calls	February 2018	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
178	Red calls	February 2018	Cwm Taf
2,227	Red calls	March 2018	Wales
459	Red calls	March 2018	Betsi Cadwaladr
75	Red calls	March 2018	Powys
267	Red calls	March 2018	Hywel Dda
411	Red calls	March 2018	Aneurin Bevan
367	Red calls	March 2018	Cardiff & Vale
455	Red calls	March 2018	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
193	Red calls	March 2018	Cwm Taf
1,806	Red calls	April 2018	Wales
377	Red calls	April 2018	Betsi Cadwaladr
68	Red calls	April 2018	Powys
201	Red calls	April 2018	Hywel Dda
338	Red calls	April 2018	Aneurin Bevan
319	Red calls	April 2018	Cardiff & Vale
370	Red calls	April 2018	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
133	Red calls	April 2018	Cwm Taf
1,946	Red calls	May 2018	Wales
394	Red calls	May 2018	Betsi Cadwaladr
87	Red calls	May 2018	Powys
213	Red calls	May 2018	Hywel Dda
357	Red calls	May 2018	Aneurin Bevan
350	Red calls	May 2018	Cardiff & Vale
361	Red calls	May 2018	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
184	Red calls	May 2018	Cwm Taf
2,044	Red calls	June 2018	Wales
450	Red calls	June 2018	Betsi Cadwaladr
81	Red calls	June 2018	Powys
245	Red calls	June 2018	Hywel Dda
311	Red calls	June 2018	Aneurin Bevan
391	Red calls	June 2018	Cardiff & Vale
377	Red calls	June 2018	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
189	Red calls	June 2018	Cwm Taf
2,052	Red calls	July 2018	Wales
439	Red calls	July 2018	Betsi Cadwaladr
74	Red calls	July 2018	Powys
279	Red calls	July 2018	Hywel Dda
338	Red calls	July 2018	Aneurin Bevan
311	Red calls	July 2018	Cardiff & Vale
405	Red calls	July 2018	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
206	Red calls	July 2018	Cwm Taf
1,986	Red calls	August 2018	Wales
456	Red calls	August 2018	Betsi Cadwaladr
73	Red calls	August 2018	Powys
228	Red calls	August 2018	Hywel Dda
335	Red calls	August 2018	Aneurin Bevan
298	Red calls	August 2018	Cardiff & Vale
428	Red calls	August 2018	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
168	Red calls	August 2018	Cwm Taf
1,931	Red calls	September 2018	Wales
369	Red calls	September 2018	Betsi Cadwaladr
70	Red calls	September 2018	Powys
231	Red calls	September 2018	Hywel Dda
340	Red calls	September 2018	Aneurin Bevan
324	Red calls	September 2018	Cardiff & Vale
381	Red calls	September 2018	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
216	Red calls	September 2018	Cwm Taf
2,044	Red calls	October 2018	Wales
474	Red calls	October 2018	Betsi Cadwaladr
95	Red calls	October 2018	Powys
226	Red calls	October 2018	Hywel Dda
365	Red calls	October 2018	Aneurin Bevan
335	Red calls	October 2018	Cardiff & Vale
368	Red calls	October 2018	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
181	Red calls	October 2018	Cwm Taf
2,233	Red calls	November 2018	Wales
460	Red calls	November 2018	Betsi Cadwaladr
79	Red calls	November 2018	Powys
242	Red calls	November 2018	Hywel Dda

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Main information

• Most recent update: 26 September 2025
• Next update expected: This dataset is not expected to be updated, but is expected to be replaced in the future
• Designation: Accredited official statistics
• Data provider: Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
• Data source: No specific source from data provider
• Time period covered: January 2015 to December 2025

Data notes

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  Since April 2014, Local Health Boards have been responsible for providing emergency ambulance services (999 calls) for their local residents; the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) is commissioned to deliver emergency ambulance services on their behalf.

  As announced in a statement by the Deputy Minister for Health, a new clinical response model was implemented in Wales from 1 October 2015.

  The new model has three new categories of calls – Red, Amber and Green: • Red - Immediately life-threatening (someone is in imminent danger of death, such as a cardiac arrest). There is a target for 65 per cent of these calls to have a response within 8 minutes. • Amber- Serious but not immediately life-threatening (patients who will often need treatment to be delivered on the scene, and may then need to be taken to hospital). There will be no time-based target for amber calls; instead a range of clinical outcome indicators will be introduced to measure the quality, safety and timeliness of care being delivered alongside patient experience information, which will be published every quarter. • Green - Non urgent (can often be managed by other health services) and clinical telephone assessment. There is no official time based target for these calls.

• Data collection or calculation:

  Monthly return from the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST), at Local Health Board (LHB) level. Data is submitted on an EXCEL spreadsheet and transferred to an ACCESS database; validation checks including monthly trends are carried out and any queries are taken up with WAST.

• Statistical quality:

  Running calls (operational crews who arrive at the scene of an unrecorded incident without prior receipt of an emergency call) are counted as red calls, as are calls answered by either a Health Care Professional on Scene with a Defibrillator (MEDIC), or a Public Access Defibrillator (PAD).

  Health Care Professionals¹ (HCP) Urgent & Planned Calls are identified as green; where an HCP call poses an immediate threat to life, these calls will be prioritised according the final Medical Priority Dispatch System priority. ¹ Doctor, General Practitioner, Emergency Care Practitioner, Nurse, District Nurse, Midwife, Paramedic, Dentist, Approved Social Worker.

  As a result of these changes, nearly all of the data from the trial is not comparable to that for before October 2015. Some of the differences include: • Call categories A & C have been removed and replaced by colour coding. • Call handlers are allowed up to an additional two minutes to accurately identify both the severity and nature of a patient’s condition (for those calls that are not immediately life threatening), and the clinical resource they require before dispatching an ambulance. • A small proportion of calls that were classed as red 2 calls have been moved to the red category and a proportion of calls have been re-categorised from red 1. This means that comparisons cannot be made between performance against the old red1/2 categories and the current red category. • The changes will result in a reduction in the number of calls received with a time target. • An 8 minute response time target is only applied to red calls and therefore comparisons of the 8 minute target performance cannot be made for before and after 1 October 2015.

  The total number of calls received prior to 1 October 2015 can still be compared with total calls under the current model. This is done by adding in the GP urgent calls - which were classed as urgent not emergency - prior to December 2011.

  Therefore only overall call volumes can be compared over time, whilst all other measures during the trial period can only be compared within the trial model.

  CHANGES DURING THE TRIAL: From 11 November, calls which are originally coded as amber or green and during the initial call taking process the patient deteriorates, these are then re-coded through Professional Question & Answering or by the use of a manual dispatch code/override to red. For these calls, the clock start is re-registered as the time the call is re-coded to red.

  Calls which are originally coded as red and during the initial call taking process the patient’s condition improves these are then re-coded through Professional Question & Answering or by the use of a manual dispatch code/override to amber or green depending on condition. For these calls clock start is re-registered as the time the call is re-coded to amber or green.

  The overall impact of this meant that – from 11 to 30 November - an additional 37 calls arrived at the scene within the 8 minute target time, increasing the percentage arriving within the target time by 2.2 percentage points.

• Related reports:
  • NHS activity and performance summary (English)
  • NHS activity and performance summary quality report (English)
  • NHS activity and performance summary (Welsh)
  • NHS activity and performance summary quality report (Welsh)

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

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