Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 61586

Ambulance Services: West Midlands

Tabled: 20 June 2025

Answered: 26 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ambulance handover times on the number of paramedics employed by West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Answer

Karin Smyth

No specific assessment has been made for West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust. It is for local ambulance trusts and their commissioners to take decisions on staff resourcing to meet local patient demand.However, we recognise the impact that handover dela...

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