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NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 110313 on NHS: Standards, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the variation between NHS trusts in protocols

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
9 Mar 2026
Answer
25 Mar 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 110313 on NHS: Standards, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the variation between NHS trusts in protocols

  2. 9 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Patients are triaged upon 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 is down to local clinical...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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