Question follow-through · 58997

Ambulance Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve uptake for jobs in the ambulance service.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
13 Jun 2025
Answer
18 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve uptake for jobs in the ambulance service.

  2. 13 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    As of March 2025, there were over 21,900 full time equivalent ambulance staff in National Health Service trusts and other core organisations in England, representing an increase of over 1,900, or 9.6%, compared to the previous year.We will publish a refre...

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