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 Smyth
The 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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