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NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the NHS Triage system.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
26 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the NHS Triage system.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Triage is used across the National Health Service, for example in urgent and emergency care and mental health services, and is an effective way of prioritising patient need. The NHS pathways, a clinical decision support tool, used by NHS 111, is continuou...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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