Question follow-through · 33571
NHS: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the mechanisms in place for ICBs to hold Swift Queue to account for faulty services.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 7 Mar 2025 · 10 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
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the mechanisms in place for ICBs to hold Swift Queue to account for faulty services.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Mar 2025
Answer published
NHS England has not undertaken a specific assessment of the mechanisms in place for integrated care boards (ICBs) to hold Swift Queue accountable for service performance. However, ICBs, as commissioners of local health services, are responsible for ensuri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
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Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
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