| Heading: |
NHS: Standards |
| Question ID: |
1787030 |
| UIN: |
40116 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5330 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Peter Bedford
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| Asking Member handle: |
peterabedford
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@peterabedford
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the effectiveness of the NHS Triage system. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-26 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
Triage is used across the National Health Service, for example in urgent and emergency care and mental health services, and is an effective way of prioritising patient need. The NHS pathways, a clinical decision support tool, used by NHS 111, is continuou... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |