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NHS Trusts: Standards

Commons · Question 84041 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Oct 2025

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Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department has provided to Hospital Trusts that reach Opel 4.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 27 Oct 2025

The National Health Service’s operational pressures escalation levels (OPEL) framework provides a standardised approach to support an effective, integrated, and coordinated response to acute trust operational pressures. This includes the actions locally, ...