questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 23rd March 2026 to Question 115902, on Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards, what estimate he has made of the number of patients waiting more than 12 hours in Accident and Emergency before being seen by a doctor.
answerText: The 12‑hour accident and emergency (A&amp;E) performance metric recorded and reported by National Health Service trusts measures the time from a patient’s arrival in an emergency department to their admission, transfer, or discharge. This period includes ...
heading: Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards