Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
Commons · Question 3712 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients attending accident and emergency departments who leave before being assessed by a doctor; and whether he has undertaken analysis of the reaso
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 4 Jun 2026
The information requested is not publicly available. Although accident and emergency departments record instances where patients leave without being seen, this information is not published. The reason for leaving is not recorded therefore no national asse...