Question follow-through · 31051
Air Ambulance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the long-term sustainability of air ambulance charities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the long-term sustainability of air ambulance charities.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government supports the longstanding independent air ambulance charities model for the successful operation of helicopter emergency medical services in England, including through the training and provision of National Health Service clinicians.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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