Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services
Commons · Question 16315 · 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, what steps he is taking to help ensure that hospital helipads are protected from (a) planning and (b) operational restrictions.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Jul 2026
Hospital helicopter landing sites are an important part of the urgent and emergency care system, supporting the transfer of critically ill patients to specialist services.In relation to planning restrictions, responsibility for local planning decisions re...