PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(23 April 2026)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will introduce a statutory duty in England to calculate and take reasonable steps to maintain safe nurse staffing on adult acute wards, with ward-level public reporting and mandatory escalation when recognised staffing risk indicators are breached.

Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)

Answer

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.


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