Ambulance Services: Standards
Commons · Question 4491 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce ambulance wait times and (b) increase availability of ambulances.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 19 Jun 2026
The NHS Medium Term Planning Framework sets the long-term trajectory for safer, more efficient urgent and emergency care. This includes reducing average Category 2 ambulance response times to 25 minutes in 2026/27 and 18 minutes, with 90% within 40 minute...