Question follow-through · 104396
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 safe operational capacity of Basildon Hospital’s Accident and Emergency department, including of (a) staffing levels, (b) the physical estate and (c) patient flow
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the safe operational capacity of Basildon Hospital’s Accident and Emergency department, including of (a) staffing levels, (b) the physical estate and (c) patient flow
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jan 2026
Answer published
We recognise the importance of ensuring that emergency departments operate safely and effectively. Assessments of staffing levels, the physical estate, and patient flow are matters for local National Health Service trusts, in partnership with integrated c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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