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Ambulance Services: East of England

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 22 June 2026UIN 10410

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional variation in ambulance handover performance in the East of England.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Data is regularly collected and published monthly on ambulance handover performance, both at ambulance trust and acute trust level. This data is available at the following two links:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ambulance-quality-indicators-data-2026-27/

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mi-nhse-ambulance-handover-times-by-acute-trust

No specific assessment has been made of the levels of handover performance variation within the East of England, however NHS England has introduced a maximum 45-minute “Release to Rescue” standard for ambulance handovers and supports the most challenged trusts to achieve this target.

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