NHS Accident and Emergency departments

Public Accounts Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 3 Jul 2026 Parliament page
Over the past decade, wait times of 12 hours or more and patients receiving undignified and unsafe care in non-clinical settings such as corridors have become commonplace in many NHS Accident and Emergency (A&E) Departments. Since 2014, A&E departments at a national level have failed to meet the operational standard … Read more