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Health Services: Weather

Commons · Question 83014 · Tabled 17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 24 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase NHS capacity in winter 2025-26.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 24 Nov 2025

We have done more than ever to prepare for this winter, including stress testing winter plans, making sure community teams have the vaccines they need, and identifying patients most vulnerable in winter.The Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Plan for 2025/26...