Ambulance Response Times 2023-03-07
2023-03-07
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Questions & Answers
Q1
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The question arises from concerns about ambulance performance and patient flow within hospitals.
What steps he is taking to improve ambulance response times?
We published the urgent and emergency care recovery plan, which set out a number of measures to improve patient flow within hospitals, which has an impact on ambulance performance. In addition, we are purchasing 800 new ambulances, which will be on the road this year.
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Q2
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The question stems from the closure of an accident and emergency department in 2007, which has been a persistent concern for constituents.
When I speak to my constituents about ambulance wait times, they always return to bringing back the A&E at Burnley. Will he set out whether it will ever be possible to bring back the A&E that Labour closed? Will he meet me to discuss it?
My hon. Friend is right to highlight the consequences of closures such as that, PFI or other issues that are still felt in communities such as Burnley. He will also know that it is for the integrated care board to look at commissioning decisions and I know that he will make his case powerfully to that board.
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commitment on reopening A&E, specific timeline or action
It Is For The Integrated Care Board
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Q3
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The question concerns the performance of the Welsh ambulance service, specifically in Wrexham Maelor Hospital where targets are consistently missed.
Does the Secretary of State agree that the Welsh Government need to stop playing the blame game and start working in partnership for the betterment of patients?
My hon. Friend raises an extremely powerful point. It is not only those targets in Wales that are being missed. She will know that people are almost twice as likely to be waiting for treatment in the Labour-run Welsh NHS than they are in England: 21.3% in Wales compared with 12.8% in England. She will also know that the number of two-year waits for operations in Wales, at over 50,000, is considerably higher than that in England, which is below 2,000.
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Q4
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The question is about arranging a previously agreed meeting with the Secretary of State and colleagues from other parts of Shropshire to address specific concerns at their hospitals.
That meeting is not in the diary. Will he commit to arranging that as soon as possible, so that we can get these issues addressed?
I apologise to the hon. Lady because she raises a perfectly fair point. I will do all I can to expedite that meeting.
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commitment on specific timeline or action
Will Do All I Can
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