Written questions

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

Commons · Question 39602 · Tabled 19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing year-round data on the number of patients being treated in temporary care environments.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Apr 2025

We continue to keep the data available and published to support improvements to urgent and emergency care services under review.NHS England has been working with trusts since last year to put in place new reporting arrangements related to the use of tempo...