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Colonoscopy: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were on waiting lists for colonoscopies in each year between 2020 and 2024 by trust.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
6 Nov 2024
Answer
11 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were on waiting lists for colonoscopies in each year between 2020 and 2024 by trust.

  2. 6 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    A table showing the number of people on a waiting list for a colonoscopy each year between 2020 and 2024, broken down by acute National Health Service trust, is attached. Monthly activity and waiting list data for diagnostics is published monthly, and is ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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