Question follow-through · 10756

University Hospital of North Tees: Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of ambulance handover delays at the University Hospital of North Tees on emergency ambulance response times in Stockton West constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
22 Jun 2026
Answer
29 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of ambulance handover delays at the University Hospital of North Tees on emergency ambulance response times in Stockton West constituency.

  2. 22 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Government recognises that ambulance response times are not meeting the high standards patients should expect. We are determined to address this challenge and have set out a clear path for improvement. On the 25 October 2025 we published the Medium-Te...

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