Ambulance Systems Indicators (AmbSYS)

The Ambulance Systems Indicators (AmbSYS) are provided via the Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS) by the eleven NHS ambulance services in England.

For the eleven Ambulance Services in England the indicators include: Monthly incident count and response times for Categories C1 to C4; incidents resolved on scene or on the telephone; clinical validation and assessment; resources allocated to incidents; handover times at ED or non-ED; calls to 999 and average answer times

NHS England publishes AmbSYS for each month on the second Thursday of the following month, alongside the Ambulance Clinical Outcomes.

Frequency: Monthly

This collection is a monthly collection. It will open on the morning of the 1st working day of each month. 

See the timetable section of the NHS England Ambulance Quality Indicators  for information about submission, deadlines, revision details and publication dates, Registered data  submitters of the data collection will receive monthly emails from the Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS) confirming when the reporting window is opening and closing.