Question follow-through · 4614

Queen's Hospital Romford: Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase bed capacity in Queen’s Hospital, Romford.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 9 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 11 Sept 2024
Answer: 19 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase bed capacity in Queen’s Hospital, Romford.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Sept 2024
Answer published
The provision and configuration of local services, including hospital bed capacity, is a matter for local National Health Service commissioners to consider, to best meet the needs of their local population and patients.The Government has committed to supp...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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