Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 107488

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

Tabled: 21 January 2026

Answered: 28 January 2026

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number and proportion of patients waiting 12 hours or more in Emergency Departments in England; and how Blackpool Victoria Hospital compares with

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government recognises that urgent and emergency care performance has fallen short in recent years. We are committed to restoring accident and emergency waiting times to the NHS Constitutional standard.Our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26 set...

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