United Kingdom · Bill · Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Bill 4066
Hospitals (Accident and Emergency) Bill
Introduced
14 January 2026
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Status
2nd reading
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5 May 2026
Summary
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to ensure that patients spend no longer than 12 hours between arriving at the accident and emergency department of a hospital and being admitted to hospital, transferred for care elsewhere or discharged; to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals for measures to eliminate the provision of accident and emergency care services in corridors and other spaces not intended for the provision of such services; and for connected purposes.
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- Official source: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4066
- Open data entity: https://bills-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Bills/4066