Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the upgrade works to the emergency department at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on patient flows, including ambulance handovers; and what steps he plans to take to monitor performance following that upgrade.

A formal assessment has not yet been made as many of the process changes in the emergency departments have only recently been implemented. The reconfiguration of the emergency departments at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital will provide a dedicated children and young People’s zone; a clinical decisions unit; and a designated ambulance stopping place or handover cubicle, with five trolley spaces and an area for patients who do not need a cubicle or bed.

NHS England and NHS Improvement and commissioners monitor and discuss the performance of all National Health Service providers.