Question follow-through · 129798
Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the age of A&E infrastructure on (a) staff retention and (b) clinical safety at hospitals operating above design capacity.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 2 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
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the age of A&E infrastructure on (a) staff retention and (b) clinical safety at hospitals operating above design capacity.
29 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Baby Care Units: Standards
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the correlation between maternity unit infrastructure quality and infant mortality rates in areas of high deprivation.
Accident and Emergency Departments
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average A&E capacity utilisation rate is for (a) Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, (b) University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and (c) England.
Heartlands Hospital: Ambulance Services
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average ambulance handover time was at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital A&E in (a) 2024-25 and (b) the most recent quarter for which data is available.
Accident and Emergency Departments
24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure emergency care infrastructure meets demand in constituencies with (a) above-average unemployment and (b) above-average infant mortality rates.