Professor Stephen Powis, who is the National Medical Director of NHS England, says the improvements seen in January following the publication of NHS England’s monthly performance data, is a “really good thing”. His comments come as new data shows that ambulances across England have improved their response times for reaching people who called 999. Despite the improvements, Professor Powis warns that “we still have some tough months ahead”. Report by Patelr. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn