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Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for patient safety of A&E departments operating above 100% capacity; and what steps he is taking to address capacity issues at Birmingham Heartlands

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
27 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for patient safety of A&E departments operating above 100% capacity; and what steps he is taking to address capacity issues at Birmingham Heartlands

  2. 27 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Government takes patient safety seriously, including when accident and emergency departments are under severe pressure.Patients are clinically triaged on arrival and monitored at appropriate intervals, with decisions led locally through clinical judge...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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