Question follow-through · 5719
Surgery: West Bromwich
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in West Bromwich constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 8 Oct 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 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 West Bromwich constituency.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Oct 2024
Answer published
Tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission and a top priority for the Government, as we get the National Health Service back on its feet. Equality of both access to care and outcomes will be at the heart of building an NHS that is fit for ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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IVF: LGBT+ People
11 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to help reduce the cost of IVF for female same-sex couples.
IVF
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make an assessment of the eligibility criteria for IVF on access to treatment for (a) single patients and (b) same-sex female couples.
IVF: LGBT+ People
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of same-sex female couples are receiving NHS-funded IVF after undertaking six self-funded rounds of Intrauterine insemination as recommended by NICE.
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14 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of resident doctor training positions.
Life Expectancy: Sandwell
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the ONS document entitled Healthy life expectancy, UK: between 2011 to 2013 and 2022 to 2024, published on 19 February 2026, whether his Department has assessed the reasons for de
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Life Expectancy
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to half the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions.
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Health Services: Transgender People
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle discrimination against trans people in the healthcare system.
Health Services: Transgender People
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