Question follow-through · 18738
Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help (a) reduce bureaucracy and (b) improve access to treatments.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Health Services · 18 Dec 2024
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- Hospices: Finance · 2 Feb 2026
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- 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
9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help (a) reduce bureaucracy and (b) improve access to treatments.
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2024
Answer published
While health is a devolved matter, to reduce bureaucracy the Government and NHS England have launched a Red Tape Challenge, to address bureaucracy between primary and secondary care, to give our health professionals time back to do what they do best.We ar...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Health Services
18 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to simplify health treatments between the UK nations.
Health Services: Devolution
5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce barriers to treatment and care between UK nations.
Hospices: Finance
2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Marie Curie on funding for the hospice sector.