Hospitals (Accident and Emergency) Bill

Commons bill Private Members' Bill (Presentation) 2025-26

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Second reading · Commons
Sponsor
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)
Introduced
14 January 2026
Last activity
14 January 2026
About this bill

A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to ensure that patients spend no longer than 12 hours between arriving at the accident and emergency department of a hospital and being admitted to hospital, transferred for care elsewhere or discharged; to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals for measures to eliminate the provision of accident and emergency care services in corridors and other spaces not intended for the provision of such services; and for connected purposes.

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Commons
First reading 14 Jan 2026
Second reading
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