Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72932

Ambulance Services: Standards

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Sarah Hall

Labour (Co-op)Warrington South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve average ambulance response times for Category (a) 1 and (b) 2 incidents.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Our Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Delivery Plan for 2025/26 commits to reducing ambulance response times for Category 2 incidents to 30 minutes on average this year. We are also tackling unacceptable ambulance handover delays by introducing a maximum 45...

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