More than one-third of ambulance workload involved non-urgent transfers, report finds

Cyprus’ Ambulance Call Control Centre handled 128,178 incidents between January 2025 and June 2026, while median ambulance response times remained broadly stable despite a rise in demand, according to the Ambulance Service’s epidemiological and operational report.

The report also highlights that 47,437 incidents, or 37% of the total workload, involved non-urgent patient transfers to and from hospitals, care facilities and other healthcare services. It says these transfers reduce the fleet’s...