Accident and Emergency Departments: East of England
Commons · Question 118478 · Tabled 5 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of alternative pathway on reducing ambulance handover delays at hospital emergency departments in the East of England.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Mar 2026
Reducing unacceptably long ambulance handover delays is a priority for the Government, and the National Health Service has recently introduced a maximum 45-minute standard, supporting ambulances to be released more quickly and get back on the road to trea...