Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for patients, published September 2022, what additional provision she will make to help ensure that (a) high standards and (b) adequate capacity are present in an auxillary ambulance service.
Appropriately trained volunteers are widely used in ambulance trusts and we will ensure that any new services designed to support National Health Service ambulance services meet all appropriate standards.