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Accident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance Services

Asked by Rachael MaskellLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 October 2024UIN 7469

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of capacity in (a) the ambulance service and (b) emergency departments on trends in the level of excess deaths in (i) York and (ii) the UK.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The method used by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and the Office for National Statistics, does not allow an assessment to be made of the potential influence of capacity in the ambulance service and emergency departments on estimates of excess deaths.

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