Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 106000

Ambulance Services: Standards

Tabled: 14 January 2026

Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Richard Tice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time is for an NHS ambulance response to a Category 1 emergency in (a) Boston and Skegness constituency and (b) the UK.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Boston and Skegness constituency is served by the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS). The latest National Health Service figures show that in December 2025, the average Category 1 response time in EMAS was nine minutes 12 seconds. This c...

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