Question follow-through · 48285
Parkinson's Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average time taken for patients with Parkinson’s disease who are experiencing new symptoms to see a neurologist.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 30 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average time taken for patients with Parkinson’s disease who are experiencing new symptoms to see a neurologist.
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Apr 2025
Answer published
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance on Parkinson’s disease in adults sets out the best practice for healthcare professionals in the care, treatment, and support of people with Parkinson’s. It aims to improve the recogni...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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