Ambulance Services
Commons · Question 121617 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to ambulance services on directing patients to alternative services where an ambulance conveyance to hospital is not required.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 30 Mar 2026
On 6 June 2025, we published our Urgent and Emergency Care Delivery Plan for 2025/26, and on 25 October 2025 we published the Medium-Term Planning Framework. To support ambulance services with increased decision making and capability, NHS England in 2025/...