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Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients attending accident and emergency departments who leave before being assessed by a doctor: and what assessment he has made of the reasons for

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
23 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients attending accident and emergency departments who leave before being assessed by a doctor: and what assessment he has made of the reasons for

  2. 23 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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