Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 119797

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, pursuant to Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 115670, how many National Patient Safety Alerts have been issued in response to incidents originating in accident and emergency departments in the pas

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

In the period from 2023 to 2025, three full calendar years, the National Patient Safety Team issued seven National Patient Safety Alerts.Whilst none of those originated from a single incident occurring in an emergency department, one alert in January 2023...

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