Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's definition is of an NHS walk-in centre.

A National Health Service walk-in centre is defined as a type 3 accident and emergency (A&E) department that provides routine and urgent primary care for minor ailments and injuries (sprains for example) and can be routinely accessed without appointment. A walk-in centre may be doctor led or nurse led. It may be co-located with a major A&E or sited in the community.

Further information is provided at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/