Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 123515

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

Tabled: 24 March 2026

Answered: 7 April 2026

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make compliance with the Model Emergency Department mandatory for NHS trusts.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Model Emergency Department, published in February 2026, sets out a consistent national framework describing the core principles and pathways of high-performing emergency departments, including a national model for extended emergency medicine ambulator...

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