Question follow-through · 112993

Chronic Illnesses: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS trusts to help tackle the root causes of recurring complaints.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
23 Feb 2026
Answer
26 Feb 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS trusts to help tackle the root causes of recurring complaints.

  2. 23 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The National Health Service should listen to, learn from, and act on issues that are raised in complaints to ensure services continually improve and that when things go wrong, problems are addressed and not repeated.To support good complaint handling, the...

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