Question follow-through · 55332

Strokes: Ambulance Services

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.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
6 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Health and care

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    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...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Integrated Care Boards: Special Educational Needs

11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that statutory duties for safeguarding (a) children with special educational needs and disabilities and (b) other children are met, in the context of the NHS

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Streptococcus: Ethnic Groups

15 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) help tackle high rates of Group B Strep infection and (b) improve access to (i) screening, (ii) diagnosis and (iii) treatment for Group B Strep infecti

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Coronavirus: Drugs

16 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39290 on Coronavirus: Drugs, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Primodos

11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to implement the recommendations outlined in the Cumberlege Review with respect to the drug Primodos.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospices: Children

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for children's hospices.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migraines: Health Services

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to improve support for people who suffer from migraines.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migraines: Research

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage research into migraines and migraine treatment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Strokes: Medical Treatments

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of existing stroke treatments.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Strokes: Rehabilitation

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of stroke rehabilitation services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ambulance Services: Standards

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve ambulance response times for (a) strokes and (b) other category 2 calls.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Strokes: Community Care

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the transition from hospital to community care for stroke survivors.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health: Children

15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister in his Department is responsible for children's health.