THE ambulance service for Notts has missed targets for responding to serious calls – for the fourth month in a row.
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS)_is supposed to answer category Red 1 and Red 2 calls within eight minutes 75 per cent of the time, but the service failed to meet the targets, attending only 69 per cent of calls within the allotted time frame.
Red 1 calls include cardiac arrest or life-threatening traumatic injuries.
Red 2 calls includes cases of suspected stroke.
The service has produced a 46-page plan aimed at tackling its poor performance after being called to crisis talks by local health chiefs in October.