Question follow-through · 61591

Accident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the NHS of patient transfers from ambulance to A&E taking longer than 15 minutes in each of the last five financial years.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
25 Jun 2025
Answer
26 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the NHS of patient transfers from ambulance to A&E taking longer than 15 minutes in each of the last five financial years.

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    No estimate is currently planned. The Government recognises the pressures on the National Health Service and the impact this is having on ambulance response times, including in Shropshire.We are determined to turn things around, and our 10-Year Health Pla...

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