Department of Health and Social Care

“the CQC is replying to you separately”

“The NHS planning guidance also includes an implementation target for improving A&E waiting times compared to 2024/25, with a minimum of 78% of patients seen within 4 hours in March 2026 and increasing the proportion of patients admitted, discharged, and transferred from an emergency department within 12 hours across 2025/26 compared to 2024/25.”

“We will ask the trust for the action they intend to take because of this Prevention of Future Deaths Report and monitor those actions as part of our ongoing monitoring and engagement with them.”

“NHS England has published a summary of existing guidance on the deployment of medical associate professions for NHS organisations. This guidance makes it clear that all staff should introduce themselves and their role clearly and be supported by their employer to do so.”

“RCEM issued a position statement in October 2024 regarding patients who may require a laparotomy [7]; this statement highlights that some patients are at greater risk of requiring surgery and part of this group includes the older person and those with cognitive impairment.”

“the Department notes that the report has been sent to a number of medical Royal Colleges and professional bodies relating to anaesthesia. We think these organisations are best placed to respond to points 6, 7 and 8 of your report which relate specifically to guidelines around anaesthesia therefore our response focuses on points 1 - 5 only.”

“The MHRA will engage with stakeholders to ensure the regulatory documents for clozapine meet the needs of both patients and prescribers.”

“The NHS will focus on delivering the following range of practical actions to improve performance in 2025/26: - increasing the proportion of patients seen, treated and discharged in 1 day or less using the principles of same day emergency care (SDEC) - optimising the urgent care offer to meet the needs of their local population, including the use of urgent treatment centres (UTCs) - increasing the percentage of patients discharged by or on day 7 of their admission.”

“The NHS will focus on delivering the following range of practical actions to improve performance in 2025/26: - working towards delivering hospital handovers within 15 minutes, and implementing joint working arrangements that ensure that no handover takes longer than 45 minutes, - improving ambulance 'hear and treat' service rates, including increasing the proportion of Category 2 ambulance incidents where an ambulance clinician provides advice and treatment over the phone, - ensuring all 999 am”