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Ambulance Services: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of workforce shortages on ambulance response times in rural areas of the North East.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of workforce shortages on ambulance response times in rural areas of the North East.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is fully staffed at present across their patient-facing roles in emergency care. When vacancies arise, recruitment is targeted in those areas. The NEAS works closely with universities to support the 3-year education pro...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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