NHS: Standards
Commons · Question 118131 · Tabled 4 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 110313 on NHS: Standards, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the variation between NHS trusts in protocols
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 25 Mar 2026
Patients are triaged upon initial entry to accident and emergency departments, after which their condition and any deterioration is monitored through observation at clinically appropriate intervals. How this happens and how often is down to local clinical...