§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes his Department has made to admission procedures to accident and emergency departments since 1997 through(a) statutory instrument and (b) changes to departmental guidance given to hospitals. [85771]
§ Mr. LammySince 1997, there have been no changes made to admission procedures to accident and emergency departments through statutory instrument.
The Department has issued guidance on admission procedures to accident and emergency departments in the following documents:
Health Service Circular 1999/239: "Final Preparations for the Winter and Millennium Holiday including Incident Reporting and Millennium Operating Regimes for the Year 2000 Problem".Health Service Circular/Local Authority Circular HSC 2000/016—LAC 2000/14: "Winter 2000/01: Capacity Planning for Health and Social Care".Health Service Circular/Local Authority Circular HSC 2001/014—LAC (2001)17: "2001/2002: Arrangements for Whole System Capacity Planning".384W Copies of these documents have been placed in the Library.