Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions since he has taken office he has spoken to Health Trust Chief Executives on (a) A&E performance, (b) referral to treatment times, (c) delayed discharges, (d) bed availability and occupancy and (e) ambulance response times.

Health Ministers speak frequently with a wide range of people, including Health Trust Chief Executives, about National Health Service performance.