North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust: Ambulance Services
Commons · Question 10758 · Tabled 17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether discharge times at hospitals operated by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust are contributing to longer ambulance handover times.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Jul 2026
There has been no direct assessment of the impact of discharge times at hospitals operated by the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust on ambulance handover times. We are taking a whole pathway approach to improving accident and emergency perfor...