Question follow-through · 75575

Health Services: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 60418 on medical testing, how much of the £600 million capital spending this year on diagnostics including funding all pathology networks will be

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
10 Sept 2025
Answer
25 Sept 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 8 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 60418 on medical testing, how much of the £600 million capital spending this year on diagnostics including funding all pathology networks will be

  2. 10 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    As part of the £1.65 billion for investment to improve National Health Service performance against constitutional standards in 2025/26, £600 million was allocated to diagnostics. Final allocation of this funding will be agreed via national panels upon rec...

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