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Nurses

Asked by Mr Toby PerkinsLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 129457

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will introduce a statutory duty in England to calculate and take reasonable steps to maintain safe nurse staffing on adult acute wards, with ward-level public reporting and mandat

Answered by Karin Smyth

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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