Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 43126
Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
Tabled: 1 April 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing year-round data on the number of patients treated in temporary care environments.
Answer
Karin SmythWe continue to keep the data available and published to support improvements to urgent and emergency care services under review.
NHS England has been working with trusts since 2024 to put in place new reporting arrangements related to the use of temporary escalation spaces, to drive improvement. Subject to a review of data quality, this information will be published later this year, and we will consider how this data could be published on a more regular basis.