Patients in Shropshire are waiting on average more than five minutes longer for life-saving help than those in Birmingham.
Figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed a postcode lottery of ambulance wait times across the West Midlands, with patients in Shropshire waiting on average more than five minutes longer for life-saving help than those in Birmingham.
For the most serious calls, patients in the county waited for an average of 11 minutes and 31 seconds for category one responses, compared to six minutes and 20 seconds in the Black Country. Ms Morgan said: “These heart-breaking figures show that all across the West Midlands and the country, targets are being missed and patients are being left waiting far too long for an ambulance to arrive.
“Every day we hear more and more devastating stories of pensioners left stranded for hours, or families watching a loved one die before a paramedic could reach them. Our overstretched local NHS services are collapsing under the strain of years of neglect under this Conservative Government.
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