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Accident and Emergency Departments: Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times in hospitals in East Kent.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
17 Jan 2025
Answer
17 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times in hospitals in East Kent.

  2. 17 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the pressures on the National Health Service during the winter period and the impact this is having on accident and emergency waiting times, including in hospitals in East Kent.We are committed to supporting the NHS to improve pe...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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