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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2019-02-06more like thismore than 2019-02-06
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to achieve the 95 per cent four-hour A&E waiting time in (a) Herefordshire and (b) England. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency North Herefordshire remove filter
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Bill Wiggin more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-02-14more like thismore than 2019-02-14
star this property answer text <p>Wye Valley NHS Trust is taking several steps to improve accident and emergency performance in its locality. The Trust received £3.6 million capital funding in 2018 to create a modular build 24 bedded ward – increasing its overall bed base capacity to 246. The Trust has also established a ‘front-door frailty service’ within the Emergency Department to support patients outside of hospital admissions where clinically appropriate. In addition, the Trust is currently recruiting to additional clinical staff within the Emergency Department, including consultant posts across medical specialities to deliver robust seven-day working.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally, NHS England’s ‘Operational and Planning Guidance for 2019/20’ sets out deliverables against key performance areas and the Government expects the National Health Service to deliver these actions in full as key steps towards fully recovering performance against core access standards.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, launched by the NHS on 7 January 2018, will transform urgent and emergency care. The plan is supported by a £20.5 billion real terms investment by 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also supported the NHS with an additional £1.6 billion for 2018/19 to improve emergency and elective performance. In addition, more than £420 million has been provided specifically for this winter.</p>
unstar this property answering member constituency Wimbledon remove filter
star this property answering member printed Stephen Hammond more like this
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less than 2019-02-14T11:53:14.897Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-14T11:53:14.897Z
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star this property label Biography information for Stephen Hammond remove filter
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star this property label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin more like this