Question follow-through · 12345
Gynaecology: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the devolved Administrations to help (a) reduce waiting times for gynaecological services and (b) address menstrual health inequalities.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 1 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the devolved Administrations to help (a) reduce waiting times for gynaecological services and (b) address menstrual health inequalities.
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2024
Answer published
Whilst health is a devolved issue, we intend to work closely with our partners across the devolved administrations in providing support and sharing best practice, to reduce waiting lists and fix the National Health Service. Cutting waiting lists, includin...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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