Vic ambulances take too long: report

One in 10 Victorian ambulances is taking more than 22 minutes to get to the most urgent cases, new figures show.

The target is 15 minutes.

And the number of people who survived heart attacks outside of hospital has dropped five per cent from 2009 to 2014.

The Productivity Commission report on government services also showed Melbourne had the worst response times in the country for ambulances getting to Code 1 emergencies.

The time in which 50 per cent of Melbourne ambulances responded to Code 1 emergencies was 10.8 minutes, the worst in Australia.

Ambulance Services Minister Jill Hennessy said the figures showed the system had been neglected under the previous government.

"This report confirms what Victorians know - Victorians have been waiting too long for ambulances to arrive," Ms Hennessy said on Wednesday.

Ms Hennessy said the government had replaced the board of Ambulance Victoria and committed $60 million to free up ambulances for critically sick patients.