Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 901014

Chorley and South Ribble Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

Tabled: 8 July 2026

Answered: 15 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Paul Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the 24-hour opening of the accident and emergency department at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital.

Answer

James Murray

I know how important access to emergency services is to local people in Chorley and South Ribble. Decisions on local emergency department configuration are for the NHS locally, and I welcome the fact that Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and the ICB are deve...

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