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Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to streamline diagnostics pathways for (a) companion and (b) other diagnostics.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
14 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to streamline diagnostics pathways for (a) companion and (b) other diagnostics.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Elective Reform Plan, published in January 2025, announced that the integrated care boards (ICBs) will make optimal use of the new diagnostic capacity by implementing the new standards for community diagnostic centres (CDCs) and hospital-based diagnos...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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