Written questions

Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services

Commons · Question 16314 · Tabled 6 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative safeguards to protect hospital helipads from closure.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Jul 2026

Hospital helipads play an important role in supporting the transfer of critically ill patients and access to specialist services. Responsibility for the provision and management of hospital helipads rests with local National Health Service organisations, ...