Ambulance Services
Commons · Question 85382 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Wait 45 policy on (a) ambulance release times and (b) levels of corridor care in hospitals.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 30 Oct 2025
The Department has not made a specific assessment. However, ambulance handover delays have improved since last year, and monthly average national handover times have been under 30 minutes since May 2025.As part of the preparations for winter, the Departme...