Question follow-through · 12630

Accident and Emergency Departments

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.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
30 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Neither the Department nor NHS England holds information centrally on emergency care infrastructure in constituencies with above-average unemployment or infant mortality rates. Decisions on emergency care infrastructure investment are made locally by Nati...

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