Ambulance Services
(asked on 20th October 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to reduce ambulance wait times this winter.
This question was answered on 2nd November 2021
National Health Service ambulance trusts are being supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement to improve response times. This includes continuous monitoring and support through the National Ambulance Coordination Centre and an extra £55 million for ambulance trusts to increase staff numbers ahead of winter, helping them to recruit more 999 call handlers and clinicians to work in control rooms.