Health and Social Care

Wednesday 28th October 2026 Written Corrections

Continuity of Care in the NHS

The following extract is from Health and Social Care questions on 20 October 2026.

[Dr Caroline Johnson]

Another issue that affects continuity of care is when patients remain in the emergency department for prolonged periods after a decision is made to admit them to a ward. That has gone up by over a third since the general election. Can the Government say why?

[Dame Diana Johnson]

Times in A&E are being speeded up. The hon. Lady speaks with experience because she is a clinician, and I am happy to go away and look at that issue and write to her if there is information we need to let her have. My understanding is that we are speeding things up in A&E, and getting people through and on to the ward as quickly as possible.

[Official Report, 20 October 2026; Vol. 791, c. 955.]

Written correction submitted by the Minister for Public Health and Patient Safety, the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham (Dame Diana Johnson):

[Dame Diana Johnson]

The hon. Lady speaks with experience because she is a clinician, and I am happy to go away and look at that issue and write to her if there is information we need to let her have. My understanding is that we are getting people through A&E and on to the ward as quickly as possible.