Accident and Emergency Departments: Injuries
Commons · Question 108345 · Tabled 26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that clinicians in emergency and urgent care settings receive adequate training in the recognition and management of hamstring avulsion injuries.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 3 Feb 2026
Regulated healthcare professionals need to meet the standards of proficiency, conduct, and performance set by the relevant professional regulator, which are independent of the Government. It is the responsibility of individual employers to ensure their st...