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Ambulance Services: West 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 West Midlands.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
4 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    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 West Midlands.

  2. 4 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the pressures on the National Health Service and the impact this is having on ambulance response times, including in the West Midlands.We are determined to turn things around, our 10-Year Health Plan will be published in summer 2...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Mental Health Services: West Midlands

2 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were waiting for treatment from community mental health services in the West Midlands in the latest period for which data is available.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Accident and Emergency Departments: West Midlands

18 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times in hospitals in the West Midlands.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Sutton Coldfield

18 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the capacity of sexual health services in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Endometriosis: West Midlands

18 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for endometriosis treatment in the West Midlands.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Neurodiversity: Diagnosis

18 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to (a) autism and (b) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessments in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

3 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the time taken to provide treatment for people with an eating disorder.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Respite Care: Sutton Coldfield

8 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to respite care for unpaid carers in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Incontinence: Sutton Coldfield

11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with bladder and bowel control conditions in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of his Department's procurement contracts were awarded to companies in the West Midlands in the 2024-25 financial year.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health: Veterans

21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the health outcomes of veterans in the West Midlands.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services: West Midlands

4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to NHS trusts to increase (a) crisis support services in the local community (b) mental health inpatient beds in the West Midlands.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Care Homes: Minimum Wage

26 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the minimum wage rise on the cost of care home places for (a) those that are self funding and (b) local authorities that fund residents in car