United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 2001
Accident and Emergency Departments: Older People
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18 May 2026
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2 June 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce accident and emergency department waiting times for older patients.
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18 May 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce accident and emergency department waiting times for older patients.
Source: Commons
2 June 2026
Answer
We recognise the pressures facing urgent and emergency care services and are committed to restoring waiting times to the standards set out in the NHS Constitution. The proportion of patients in accident and emergency admitted, transferred, or discharged w...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-18/2001
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1906290
- uk · wq-1906290 · source updated 2 June 2026