Question follow-through · 92548
Hospitals: Deaths
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of deaths in hospital.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of deaths in hospital.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government is prioritising patient safety and a learning culture in the National Health Service to prevent harmful events from happening to patients. The NHS Patient Safety Strategy, originally published in 2019, and updated in 2021 and 2023, includes...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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