Question follow-through · 11131
Dermatology: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce dermatology waiting times.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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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
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce dermatology waiting times.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
Tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission. We will deliver an extra 40,000 operations, scans, and appointments, including dermatology appointments, each week, as a first step in our commitment to ensuring that patients can expect to be tr...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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