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North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust: Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether discharge times at hospitals operated by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust are contributing to longer ambulance handover times.

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
9 Jul 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether discharge times at hospitals operated by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust are contributing to longer ambulance handover times.

  2. 22 Jun 2026

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  3. 9 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    There has been no direct assessment of the impact of discharge times at hospitals operated by the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust on ambulance handover times. We are taking a whole pathway approach to improving accident and emergency perfor...

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