Debates between Rosena Allin-Khan and Christian Matheson during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Rosena Allin-Khan and Christian Matheson
Tuesday 21st March 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rosena Allin-Khan Portrait Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting) (Lab)
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2. What estimate he has made of the number of patients who waited more than 12 hours for treatment in A&E in the last 12 months.

Christian Matheson Portrait Christian Matheson (City of Chester) (Lab)
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6. What assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted to A&E in the last 12 months.

Jeremy Hunt Portrait The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt)
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Between February 2016 and January 2017, there were just under 3,500 waits of longer than 12 hours from decision to admit to admission. That is completely unacceptable, which is why the Government took urgent steps to free up NHS bed capacity in this month’s Budget.

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