Question follow-through · 17436

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department expects NHS England to publish reliable national data on the number of patients receiving care in corridors, waiting rooms, ambulance queues and other temporary care environment

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
16 Jul 2026
Answer
16 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 9 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department expects NHS England to publish reliable national data on the number of patients receiving care in corridors, waiting rooms, ambulance queues and other temporary care environment

  2. 16 Jul 2026

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  3. 16 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    NHS England introduced a national definition of corridor care and began publishing validated corridor care data at a trust level for the first time on 11 June 2026. The data continues to be published through the monthly NHS Performance Statistics publicat...

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