Community Care: East of England
Commons · Question 110309 · Tabled 2 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether current levels of community-based urgent care services have capacity to offset ambulance demand in the East of England.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 2 Mar 2026
Between January and December 2025, a total of 121,305 emergency 999 calls were successfully redirected away from a traditional ambulance dispatch in the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (EEAST) and into alternative care pathways.Thes...