Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn.

The Government has committed to supporting the NHS to improve performance across the country including in Kings Lynn. This includes returning NHS standards to those set out in the NHS Constitution, including that 95% of patients attending accident and emergency departments are admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours.

As a first step, my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appointed Professor Lord Darzi to lead an independent investigation of the NHS’ performance. The investigation’s findings were published on 12 September and will feed into the Government’s work on a 10-year plan to radically reform the NHS and build a health service that is fit for the future.