Strokes: Ambulance Services
Commons · Question 55332 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Munira Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including strokes as a Category 1 ambulance call.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 6 Jun 2025
No such assessment has been made. NHS England’s guidance recommends ambulance services increase the clinical assessment of 999 calls, including increasing the proportion of Category 2 calls, which are those calls classified as an “emergency” and which inc...