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Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

Asked by Liam ByrneLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 129799

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of A&E departments in England regularly treating patients in corridors; and what plans he has to end this practice.

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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