Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 84041

NHS Trusts: Standards

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department has provided to Hospital Trusts that reach Opel 4.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The National Health Service’s operational pressures escalation levels (OPEL) framework provides a standardised approach to support an effective, integrated, and coordinated response to acute trust operational pressures. This includes the actions locally, ...

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