Hospitals: Standards
Commons · Question 92906 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department will put in place constitutional standards for hospital discharges.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 2 Dec 2025
There are no immediate plans to introduce additional constitutional standards at this time, including for the timeliness of discharge from hospital.However, the Urgent and Emergency Care plan for 2025/26 set as a priority that hospitals should tackle the ...