Accident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance Services
Commons · Question 61591 · Tabled 20 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the NHS of patient transfers from ambulance to A&E taking longer than 15 minutes in each of the last five financial years.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 26 Jun 2025
No estimate is currently planned. The Government recognises the pressures on the National Health Service and the impact this is having on ambulance response times, including in Shropshire.We are determined to turn things around, and our 10-Year Health Pla...