division_name: Accident and Emergency Waiting Times
motion: <p class="" pid="b.1586.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.1586.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House is concerned about the growing pressure on Accident and Emergency (A&amp;E) departments across the country over recent months; notes this week&#8217;s report from the King&#8217;s Fund which concludes that waiting times in A&amp;E recently hit a nine-year high; further notes that in the Labour Government&#8217;s last year in office 98 per cent of patients were seen within four hours; believes that a combination of factors lies behind the extra pressure on hospitals but that severe cuts to social care budgets are one of the most significant causes; is further concerned that one in three hospitals in England say they do not have sufficient staffing levels to deal safely with demand on services; further notes that over 4,000 nursing posts have been lost from the NHS since May 2010 and that a recent survey by the Health Service Journal revealed that a further round of front-line clinical job losses are planned for the coming year; further believes that the Government has failed to show sufficient urgency in dealing with these problems; and calls on the Government to bring forward an urgent plan to ease pressure on hospitals by, amongst other things, re-allocating &#163;1.2 billion of the 2012-13 Department of Health underspend to support social care in 2013-14 and 2014-15, and ensuring adequate staffing levels at every hospital in England.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1630.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put forthwith, </i>That the Question be now put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.1630.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">Question agreed to.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.1630.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Main Question accordingly put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.1630.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1630.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 227, Noes 299.</p>