Question follow-through · 101798
Ambulance Services: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) operational risk and (b) physical demands of Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) personnel within NHS ambulance services; and whether he has plans
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) operational risk and (b) physical demands of Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) personnel within NHS ambulance services; and whether he has plans
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2026
Answer published
Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART) provide National Health Service care in high-risk environments, guided by national Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response standards. Operational risks are managed through a nationally consistent safe system of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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