Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 102608

Emergency Calls: East of England

Tabled: 2 January 2026

Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Category 2 calls in the East of England were responded to within national target times in the last 12 months.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The current national target for Category 2 (C2) incidents is an average response time of 30 minutes. The National Health Service constitutional standard is 18 minutes. The Medium Term Planning Framework outlines plans to move towards achieving the constit...

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