Question follow-through · 13539
Colonoscopy: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of colonoscopy procedures in each of the next five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 14 Nov 2024 · 3 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
11 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of colonoscopy procedures in each of the next five years.
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Department does not publish data on future projections for colonoscopy procedures, including projections over the next five years. However, demand modelling is a routine part of our work.The Government is committed to transforming diagnostic services,...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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