Question follow-through · 23699

Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to require the NHS to give the same priority to UK citizens as undocumented migrants when accessing A&E services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
20 Jan 2025
Answer
22 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to require the NHS to give the same priority to UK citizens as undocumented migrants when accessing A&E services.

  2. 20 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is clear that patients should expect and receive the highest standard of service and care from the National Health Service, and that people should be treated with compassion, dignity, and respect. Patients attending emergency departments wi...

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