Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 900039
Ambulance Services: Standards
Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 23 July 2024
Named DayQuestion
Oliver Ryan
Labour (Co-op) — Burnley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of ambulance response times.
Answer
Karin SmythWe have been clear our assessment is that ambulance response times have been wholly inadequate in recent years. Patients with serious conditions such as suspected strokes waited over 34 minutes on average last month for an ambulance to arrive – nearly twi...
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