Question follow-through · 15301
Health Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of NHS care at (a) weekends and (b) weekdays.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2024 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of NHS care at (a) weekends and (b) weekdays.
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2024
Answer published
The National Health Service is committed to ensuring safe, high-quality care is available to patients seven days a week, whether they require emergency treatment or ongoing care. While there are natural variations in activity levels between weekends and w...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Hospitals: Community Care
19 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to shift care from hospitals into the community.