Oral Answers to Questions

Baroness Chapman of Darlington Excerpts

Tuesday 1st April 2014 Commons Chamber

[Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab)]

Who is responsible for the disgraceful increase in the numbers of people across the country waiting hours in pain and indignity for an ambulance?

[Mr Jeremy Hunt]

We have 1.2 million more people going to A and Es every year. The ambulance service has, on the whole, been doing a good job, but there have been areas where there are problems. We need to change our attitude towards the capabilities of ambulance services, particularly the ability of paramedics to treat people on the spot, and we are driving through that change.