Rehman Chishti – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rehman Chishti on 2016-10-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on improving the performance of ambulance services which are in special measures.

Mr Philip Dunne

Since entering Special Measures in November 2015, the London Ambulance Service has reduced the gap from 3% behind the national average for Category A Red 1 Calls 8 minute standard, to 1.3% in August 2016, and is consistently above the national average for the remaining Category A Red 1 and 2 performance standards.

The London Ambulance Service has met its A8 performance recovery trajectory each month from April to August 2016 in spite of growth in incidents of 5.4% above the original contract plan.

South East Coast Ambulance Service entered Special Measures in September 2016 and is now receiving a comprehensive package of support, including buddying with South Central Ambulance Service and an Improvement Director has been appointed.