Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 112488

Paramedical Staff

Tabled: 10 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost per responder of training and deploying motorcycle paramedics compared with standard ambulance crews.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The combination of response vehicles and staff that make up an ambulance service’s emergency response, including double-crewed ambulances, rapid response vehicles, community first responders, and motorcycle and bicycle paramedic responders, is an operatio...

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