Historical trend
Trend summary
Ambulance response times was 8.1 minutes in 2026-06, up from 7.9 minutes in 2026-05.
Trend
- Over the available record (2017-08–2026-06), it has ranged from 6.5 minutes in 2020-05 to 11 minutes in 2022-12.
- The latest reading is above the record average of 8.0 minutes.
Context
- NHS England restructured ambulance call categories in 2017; Category 1 replaced the former 8-minute Red 1/Red 2 targets.
- Response times are measured from call-connect to first resource arrival.
Generated from the published series — describes direction, magnitude and range only, with no editorial judgement or forecasts.
About this indicator
- Source
- NHS England
- Update frequency
- Monthly
- Last updated
- 10 August 2026
- Next update
- 10 September 2026
- Licence
- OGL v3
- Direction
- ↑ Rising
Statistics
- Latest
- 8.1 minutes
- Period high
- 8.1 minutes
- Period low
- 7.7 minutes
- Period average
- 7.9 minutes