Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93525

Ambulance Services: Standards

Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of ambulance response times in rural and semi-urban areas.

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 Emerge...

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