Question follow-through · 110312

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the guidance on the frequency of re-triage for patients whose condition may deteriorate while waiting for treatment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
4 Feb 2026
Answer
2 Mar 2026 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the guidance on the frequency of re-triage for patients whose condition may deteriorate while waiting for treatment.

  2. 4 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Patients are triaged upon their initial entry to accident and emergency departments, after which their condition and any deterioration is monitored through observation at clinically appropriate intervals. How this happens and how often it happens is down ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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