Ambulance Services: Standards
Commons · Question 117452 · Tabled 3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the use of call-before-you-convey by ambulance services and hospital trusts.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Mar 2026
In the Urgent and Emergency Care Plan 2025/2026, ambulance services have been focusing on delivering a range of practical actions to improve performance in 2025/26, including; improving ambulance ‘hear and treat’ service rates with increasing the proporti...