Health Services: Birmingham
Commons · Question 25969 · Tabled 1 Sep 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking ahead of the winter to help relieve pressures on NHS services within the NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board area.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Sep 2026
Preparations for winter are led locally by integrated care boards (ICBs) working with acute trusts, primary care, community services, mental health providers, local authorities and social care partners. On 17 July, NHS England wrote out to the system with...