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Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of temporary care environments in patient care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
26 Mar 2025
Answer
31 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of temporary care environments in patient care.

  2. 26 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises that long waits in accident and emergency departments are unacceptable and lead to worse patient outcomes. Patients should expect and receive the highest standard of service, and we are determined to tackle the issue of corridor ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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