Question follow-through · 121985
Patients: Missing Persons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is available to (a) hospitals, (b) healthcare settings and (c) healthcare staff in (i) preventing and (ii) responding to incidents of patients going missing.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 29 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is available to (a) hospitals, (b) healthcare settings and (c) healthcare staff in (i) preventing and (ii) responding to incidents of patients going missing.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department does not hold a national figure for the number of people reported missing from hospitals or other healthcare settings in 2024/25 or in 2025/26.Clear guidance is in place to support hospitals, other healthcare settings, and staff in preventi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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