questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of hospital handover delays on the budgets of ambulance trusts.
answerText: No specific assessment has been made. The Medium-Term Planning Framework, published in October 2025, recognises handover delays as a system wide responsibility and effective collaboration between ambulance services, acute trusts, integrated care boards, a...
heading: Ambulance Services: Finance