Written questions

Ambulance Services: Employment

Commons · Question 29238 · Tabled 11 Sep 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Oliver Ryan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (i) what estimate her Department has made of the number of newly qualified paramedics who have been unable to secure employment with NHS ambulance trusts in England in each of the last three years;

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Sep 2026

Decisions on local recruitment and employment are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts, to ensure they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective care, and the specific information re...