Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 84044
Patients: Safety
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Question
Ben Maguire
Liberal Democrat — North Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department guarantee safe services for patients when a Hospital Trust is regularly at OPEL 4.
Answer
Karin SmythThe 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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