Written questions

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

Commons · Question 120730 · Tabled 13 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 23 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 115668, what estimate he has made of the number of additional patients who will need to be treated within four hours in order to meet his target.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 23 Mar 2026

NHS England publishes data on the number of patients admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours in accident and emergency (A&E) departments on a monthly basis. The information is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/s...