Ambulance Queue

Freedom of Information Request

Reference
1707/22
Request Date
26 Oct 2022
Response Date
08 Nov 2022
Information Requested

In the 2022 calendar year so far, on how many occasions has there been a queue of ambulances outside a hospital A & E department*?
Please also provide the data for the 2017. 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 calendar years.
Where this has occurred, please provide the date and location of the queue, as well as the overall size of the queue.
Where the queue has fluctuated in length, please provide the data for the point at which the queue was at its longest.


Response

We do not hold the information you have requested.


The Scottish Ambulance service is publishing a weekly update of key statistics on unscheduled care operational measures across Scotland. The information includes trends in the number of unscheduled care incidents, responses, conveyances to hospital, response times and hospital turnaround times.


These can be found on our website Unscheduled Care Operational Statistics (scottishambulance.com)

Response Documents

FOISA Disclosure Log 1707 (PDF | 58KB)