Question follow-through · 18741

Ambulance Services: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for ambulances in the East Midlands.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
11 Dec 2024
Answer
12 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for ambulances in the East Midlands.

  2. 11 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Government has committed to supporting the National Health Service to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, including for ambulance response times.As a first step, my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for...

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