Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered am ar 21 Chwefror 2024.
Wes Streeting
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish the correspondence to NHS trusts requiring emergency departments to prioritise patients not in need of admission to hospital.
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
No such correspondence has been issued to NHS Trusts.
NHS England wrote to systems and trusts on 25 January reiterating the need to improve A&E performance for all patients requiring emergency care, and emphasised some of the known best practice in emergency department processes to ensure delays to patient care are minimised.
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