Question follow-through · 42099

Parkinson's Disease: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 32628 on Parkinson's Disease: Medical Treatments, what steps he is taking to improve access to treatment for people with (a) advanced and (b) comp

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
31 Mar 2025
Answer
2 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 32628 on Parkinson's Disease: Medical Treatments, what steps he is taking to improve access to treatment for people with (a) advanced and (b) comp

  2. 31 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    We have delivered an additional two million appointments in England, seven months ahead of schedule. This includes operations, consultations, diagnostic tests, and treatments. These additional appointments have taken place across a number of specialities,...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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