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Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

Asked by Adrian RamsayGreen PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 2 September 2026UIN 19715

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to respond to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s conclusion that more than 1,300 deaths a month in England can be attributed to long waiting times before clinical care is provided in A&E departments.

Answered by Department of Health and Social Care

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I provided on 15 June 2026 in response to Question 7599.

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