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Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mechanisms to support the (a) adoption and (b) clinical systems integration of (i) novel and (ii) rapid diagnost

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
19 Mar 2025
Answer
24 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mechanisms to support the (a) adoption and (b) clinical systems integration of (i) novel and (ii) rapid diagnost

  2. 19 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Elective Reform Plan (ERP), published in January 2025, sets out the productivity and reform efforts needed to return to the 18-week standard, including reforms to diagnostic care to reduce waiting times for tests and scans.The plan announced that inte...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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