Written question WQ97962
- Asked by
- Janet Finch-SaundersConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 7 days
Question
Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on how deaths in ambulances are recorded?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) and / or the relevant local health board are responsible for recording instances where a death occurs on an ambulance vehicle.
Information on how WAST records deaths in ambulances and how the Trust and / or the relevant local health board measures the number of people dying inside an ambulance whilst waiting outside a hospital emergency department is not held centrally by the Welsh Government.