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Accident and Emergency Departments

Asked by Liam ByrneLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 129805

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure emergency care infrastructure meets demand in constituencies with (a) above-average unemployment and (b) above-average infant mortality rates.

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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