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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Jacob Phillips

London Ambulance Service cuts response times by up to eight minutes

The London Ambulance Service has cut response times by up to eight minutes despite facing some of its busiest weeks ever this summer.

The LAS reached patients in need of urgent “Category two” calls for emergencies such as strokes, difficulty breathing and chest pains eight minutes quicker in July 2025 compared to a year earlier.

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