Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to reinstate 24-hour opening of Cheltenham General Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department.

The temporary closure of the accident and emergency (A&E) department at Cheltenham General Hospital has been agreed until 31 March 2021.

Any temporary closures that have been put in place for the pandemic are just that – temporary – and the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System are committed to the future restoration of the A&E department in Cheltenham. Once reinstated, the service will remain consultant-led and with no change to its pre-COVID-19 opening hours.