Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures suggesting that 999 call-out response times in Glasgow have become 30% slower since two casualty units were closed in the city.
Despite attending an increasing number of incidents, the Scottish Ambulance Service is saving the lives of more patients than ever before.
Emergency response times are monitored on an on-going basis and are affected throughout the year by a number of factors including peaks in demand, extreme weather and road closures, as well as turnaround times at hospitals.
The Scottish Ambulance Service continue to work jointly with colleagues in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Royal Alexandra Hospital to improve the flow of patients in and out of these hospitals in order to improve turnaround times.