Even more worryingly is that London has some of the fastest response times in the country. Last two times I had to call 999, for ambulance and police respectiv

Even more worryingly is that London has some of the fastest response times in the country. Last two times I had to call 999, for ambulance and police respectively, I was on hold for more than 5 minutes before even being connected to an operator. The overall ambulance target response time is 8 minutes.