Question follow-through · 117454
Ambulance Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ambulance station closures on ambulance response times in (a) Shropshire (b) rural areas and (c) England.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ambulance station closures on ambulance response times in (a) Shropshire (b) rural areas and (c) England.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Mar 2026
Answer published
No specific assessment has been made. Responsibility for the delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for services ultimately rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner. The West Midlands Ambulance Service have two hubs in Shro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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