Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
Commons · Question 123515 · Tabled 24 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make compliance with the Model Emergency Department mandatory for NHS trusts.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 7 Apr 2026
The Model Emergency Department, published in February 2026, sets out a consistent national framework describing the core principles and pathways of high-performing emergency departments, including a national model for extended emergency medicine ambulator...