Basildon University Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
Commons · Question 109767 · Tabled 29 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of patients waiting over 12 hours to be admitted to, or discharged from, Basildon Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Feb 2026
The Government recognises that urgent and emergency care performance has fallen short in recent years. We are committed to restoring accident and emergency waiting times to the National Health Service constitutional standard.Our Urgent and Emergency Care ...