Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Hospitals Transformation Programme aims to improve ambulance delays as a result of improving hospital emergency facilities in Shrewsbury.

The acute sustainability and reconfiguration plans delivered through Hospital Transformation Programme include the creation of a new, dedicated, and integrated emergency care service. This is alongside on-site, co-located medical and surgical specialities, which will support a reduction in overall waiting times for ambulance conveyances and deliver earlier access for patients to specialist consultants and multidisciplinary teams.