Air Ambulance Services

(asked on 3rd July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times his Department has made an estimate of the savings to the public purse attributable to charity air ambulance services in the last five years.


Answered by
Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
This question was answered on 11th July 2023

We recognise the vital role the air ambulance service plays in providing life-saving treatment to patients across the country.

The National Health Service does not directly fund air ambulances, which are operated by independent charities. No such estimate has been made by the Department.

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