Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 55332

Strokes: Ambulance Services

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 6 June 2025

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including strokes as a Category 1 ambulance call.

Answer

Karin Smyth
No such assessment has been made. NHS England’s guidance recommends ambulance services increase the clinical assessment of 999 calls, including increasing the proportion of Category 2 calls, which are those calls classified as an “emergency” and which inc...

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