Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 32815

Ambulance Services: Standards

Tabled: 21 February 2025

Answered: 27 February 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of ambulance handovers longer than 15 minutes in emergency departments.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government is committed to improving urgent and emergency care performance, including tackling ambulance handover delays and getting ambulance response times back to NHS Constitution standards.The NHS 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidan...

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