Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58849

Urgent Treatment Centres and Accident and Emergency Departments

Tabled: 10 June 2025

Answered: 16 June 2025

Question

Leigh Ingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of (a) Urgent Treatment Centres and (b) Accident and Emergency Departments.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Urgent treatment centres and emergency departments, also known as accident and emergency, provide a different range of services to patients.Our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for this year will continue the expansion of urgent treatment centres that are c...

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