Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 97508

Ambulance Services: East Midlands

Tabled: 5 December 2025
Answered: 22 December 2025

Question

Stuart Andrew

ConservativeDaventry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of ambulance response times in rural areas of the East Midlands; and what steps are being taken to improve response times in those communities.

Answer

Karin Smyth
We acknowledge that ambulance performance has not consistently met expectations in recent years, and we are taking serious steps to improve performance across the country, including rural and semi-urban areas. That is why we published our Urgent and Emerg...

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