Question follow-through · 96403
Basildon University Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the capacity of Basildon Hospital’s Accident and Emergency department to manage current attendance levels safely.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 34 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the capacity of Basildon Hospital’s Accident and Emergency department to manage current attendance levels safely.
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
Answer published
Basildon Hospital’s accident and emergency department primarily serves residents of South Basildon and East Thurrock, alongside patients from surrounding areas within the trust’s footprint. The combined population of Basildon and Thurrock is currently app...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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