Question follow-through · 124396
Ambulance Services: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the retention of ambulance service staff.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 13 Apr 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the retention of ambulance service staff.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Apr 2026
Answer published
People working in the National Health Service do so because they want to make a significant difference in people's lives by providing great quality healthcare. In turn, we need to ensure that we support them throughout their careers, providing access to t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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