Select committee: Health and Social Care Committee

Ambulance delays and strikes

Closed Opened 15 Dec 2022 Closed 6 Feb 2023

Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)

NHS England, ambulance services and paramedics will face questions about what is being done to provide a safe level of emergency cover to the public during strike action. The topical session is being held on the eve of the first planned strike expected to involve up to 10,000 ambulance workers with a representative of the GMB also called to give evidence. MPs are expected to press for more information following a statement by a Health Minister that it was ‘likely’ that the most serious and life-threatening calls, categories 1 and 2, would be responded to. The Committee will also examine the ambulance service response times generally, what is being done to tackle handover delays and whether the use of targets is an effective way to measure performance.

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 15 December 2022.

The committee has not published a report yet.

Evidence

1 oral evidence sessionLatest 20 December 2022
1 written submission
4 witnesses

All evidence

Recent activity

GMB Union7 February 2023, Written evidence · ABL0001
Oral evidence session20 December 2022, Oral evidence
Correspondence from Unison on Ambulance pressures 15.12.2220 December 2022, Correspondence

Oral evidence sessions

1 session

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
20 Dec 2022	Oral evidence session Daren Mochrie · Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, Dr John Martin · College of Paramedics, Professor Julian Redhead · NHS England, Rachel Harrison · GMB	View ↗

Written evidence

1 submission recorded

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Reference	Date	Submitter
ABL0001	7 Feb 2023	GMB Union

Who gave evidence

4 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Daren Mochrie · Chair	Association of Ambulance Chief Executives	1
Dr John Martin · President	College of Paramedics	1
Professor Julian Redhead · National Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care	NHS England	1
Rachel Harrison · National Secretary	GMB	1

Correspondence

1 letter

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Published	Direction	Letter
20 Dec 2022	Not recorded	Correspondence from Unison on Ambulance pressures 15.12.22