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Ambulance Services: Standards

Commons · Question 90525 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England routinely monitors Category 1-2 ambulance response times by incident type.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Dec 2025

There are clearly defined national standards for patient access to urgent and emergency care with a clinically led model that prioritises those in the greatest need. While NHS England routinely monitors and evaluates Category 1 and 2 ambulance response ti...