Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 55333

Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 6 June 2025

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national roll out of the category 2 segmentation pilots run by (a) London Ambulance Service and (b) West Midlands Ambulance Service to prior

Answer

Karin Smyth
No such assessment has been made. NHS England guidance recommends ambulance services increase the clinical assessment of 999 calls, to ensure the sickest patients are prioritised for ambulances and patients that do not need a face-to-face response are tra...

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