Written questions

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...