To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce legislation to (a) protect and (b) guide the ambulance service on a statutory footing.
Answered on
8 May 2025
National Health Service ambulance services have already been placed on a statutory footing through existing legislation.
NHS England will publish further guidance to support integrated care boards in their commissioning of ambulance services in 2025/26, and will provide a new ambulance commissioning specification for 2026/27.
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Department of Health and Social Care