PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Accident and Emergency Departments: Children (7 July 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the increase in the number of children presenting at A&E with infections on A&E waiting times.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

The Department continues to monitor data on accident and emergency (A&E) waiting time standards.

The National Health Service plans for a wide range of scenarios ahead of winter and will continue to adapt plans in line with any further advice from Public Health England.

Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
12 July 2021