The Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Ceredigion, Mark Williams has called for a meeting with the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust after Ceredigion recorded the lowest emergency response times in Wales.
Latest figures show just 49.8% of calls in the county were reached within an eight-minute target in November 2009. The average for Wales was 65%.
The ambulance trust said times had improved in some counties, but it was aware of problems in other areas.
On average in Wales, 65% of emergency call-outs arrive on the scene within eight minutes, 70% within nine minutes and 75% within 10 minutes.
The figure in Ceredigion – published earlier this month – was the lowest in Wales in November and was down from 55.5% in November 2008.
Mr Williams said: “There has been a worrying deterioration of the service in Ceredigion, and I am extremely concerned that we appear to be going backwards.
“While other authority areas have seen some improvement, Ceredigion is now the worst performing area in Wales.”
He added that the ambulance trust was “saddled” with £40m debt, which would make it harder to sustain improvements.
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