Question follow-through · 1853

Surgery: Hitchin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Hitchin constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 25 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 30 Jul 2024
Answer: 30 Jul 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Health and care

Medicine: Training · 30 Aug 2024
Brain: Tumours · 5 Sept 2024
Endometriosis: Diagnosis · 9 Sept 2024
Gynaecology: Waiting Lists · 9 Sept 2024
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan · 22 Oct 2024

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Hitchin constituency.
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jul 2024
Answer published
Cutting waiting lists is a key priority for the Government, and we have a mandate for our first step in achieving this, by providing an extra 40,000 operations, scans, and appointments each week, which includes greater clinical availability during evening...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Medicine: Training

30 Aug 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that medical students receive adequate training during hospital placements.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Brain: Tumours

5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to improve access to clinical trials for those affected by brain tumours.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Endometriosis: Diagnosis

9 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to shorten the diagnosis time for endometriosis.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

9 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for non-cancerous gynaecological services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan

22 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had on the provision of Enhurtu to Her2 low metastatic breast cancer patients.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prostate Cancer: Screening

5 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits of making prostate cancer screening mandatory.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Medical Records: Babies

8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS services (a) engage with new fathers and (b) record their details alongside the mothers in their baby's health records.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Givinostat: Children

17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase availability of Givinostat for children.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Fathers

17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish data on the number of (a) fathers who have accessed perinatal mental health services and (b) maternity outreach clinics that offer (i) evidence-based mental health as

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Maternity Services: Fathers

17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS trusts to (a) recognise and (b) involve fathers as parents in (i) maternity and (ii) early childhood services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Postnatal Depression

17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of postnatal depression involved (a) engagement with and (b) mental health assessment of the woman’s partner by the relevant service in the most recent 12-month period for which data

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Medicine: Higher Education

2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on support available for medical students.