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Accident and Emergency Departments: Older People

Asked by Ian ByrneLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 July 2025UIN 61967

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of patients aged over 75 presenting at A&E in England were screened for general frailty in the last 12 months.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The information requested is not available centrally.

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