Hospitals: Essex
Commons · Question 1638 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 May 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of a) minor injuries and b) urgent care services in South Essex; and what plans he has to expand the range of these services at Orset
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 21 May 2026
Responsibility for commissioning urgent care services, including minor injury services, sits with local National Health Service integrated care boards (ICBs), which assess and respond to the needs of their populations. In South Essex, NHS Essex ICB is wor...