Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 83602

Emergency Services: Misuse

Tabled: 20 October 2025

Answered: 27 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Calum Miller

Liberal Democrat — Bicester and Woodstock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help promote public education on the misuse of emergency service protocols, including advice shared on social media on how to manipulate emergency triage syst

Answer

Karin Smyth

The National Health Service regularly shares information online through the NHS.UK website and on social media about how to access emergency services properly, including accident emergency, 999, 111, general practices (GPs), and pharmacies. The NHS also s...

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