Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 121617

Ambulance Services

Tabled: 17 March 2026

Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to ambulance services on directing patients to alternative services where an ambulance conveyance to hospital is not required.

Answer

Karin Smyth

On 6 June 2025, we published our Urgent and Emergency Care Delivery Plan for 2025/26, and on 25 October 2025 we published the Medium-Term Planning Framework. To support ambulance services with increased decision making and capability, NHS England in 2025/...

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