Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
Commons · Question 119797 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 115670, how many National Patient Safety Alerts have been issued in response to incidents originating in accident and emergency departments in the pas
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 19 Mar 2026
In the period from 2023 to 2025, three full calendar years, the National Patient Safety Team issued seven National Patient Safety Alerts.Whilst none of those originated from a single incident occurring in an emergency department, one alert in January 2023...