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Tomography: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for diagnostic scans in North Shropshire constituency.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
12 Jun 2025
Answer
13 Jun 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for diagnostic scans in North Shropshire constituency.

  2. 12 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    In March 2025, the diagnostic waiting list at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust was 14,808, 3,229 of which, or 21.8%, were waiting over six weeks. This compares to a waiting list of 12,771 in March 2024, where 3,165 people, or 24.8%, were wait...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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