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Ambulance Services: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the hours lost to handover delays by South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
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 he is taking to reduce the hours lost to handover delays by South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust.

  2. 11 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Ambulance services experiencing long delays when handing over patients to hospitals is a priority for the National Health Service to address, because it holds up ambulances that could be responding to further 999 calls.The South Western Ambulance Service ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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