Question follow-through · 19802

Autism: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the average waiting time for an autism diagnosis in Cornwall.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 12 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 16 Dec 2024
Answer: 18 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the average waiting time for an autism diagnosis in Cornwall.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2024
Answer published
It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including autism assessments and diagnosis, in line with relevant National Institute for Health ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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