Ambulance Waiting Times

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 23 October 2012.

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Photo of Tom Blenkinsop Tom Blenkinsop Opposition Whip (Commons) 11:30, 23 October 2012

On 27 September, patients and paramedics were left waiting outside James Cook university hospital in Middlesbrough for two and a half hours before being handed over. Dr Clifford of the college of emergency medicine described such delays as being due to an unacceptable mismatch in demand and supply. Does the Secretary of State agree with Dr Clifford, and what steps will he take to ensure that those problems do not recur for my constituents?