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Question follow-through · 36169

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps should be taken prior to a test for change on a healthcare offer.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
11 Mar 2025
Answer
13 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps should be taken prior to a test for change on a healthcare offer.

  2. 11 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme is a national NHS England programme designed to improve the treatment and care of patients through an in-depth review of services and benchmarking, and by presenting a data-driven evidence base to support ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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