Hospitals: Mortality Rates
Commons · Question 7296 · Tabled 5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve hospital flow and reduce preventable mortality.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 19 Jun 2026
Long waits in accident and emergency (A&E) have been proven to be associated with worse patient outcomes and increased patient mortality, and the Government is committed to restoring urgent and emergency care waiting times to the standards set out in ...