South East Coast Ambulance Service has recorded a “strong improvement” in its response times for Category 2 patients.

These are for potentially life-threatening conditions, such as strokes, heart attacks, sepsis or major burns.

NHS England asked the Trust, which covers Surrey, to deliver an average Category 2 response time of 28 minutes and 19 seconds.

SECAmb is reporting an average response time of 27 minutes and 46 seconds.

It says it also responded to an additional 30,000 emergency calls last year.