Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 119796
Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of accident and emergency waiting times on the incidence of reported patient harm.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Government is committed to transparency in reporting patient harm in the National Health Service. The Learn from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) service provides a national database of patient safety incidents, whereby frontline workers in NHS providers...
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