Question follow-through · 77694
Heart Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for heart health pathways.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Wheelchairs: Nottingham East · 15 Oct 2025
- Doctors: Training · 17 Dec 2025
- NHS: Redundancy Pay · 17 Dec 2025
- Gynaecology: Diagnosis and Finance · 22 Jan 2026
- NHS: Retirement · 28 Jan 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for heart health pathways.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
The latest data, from July 2025, shows that 61.6% of waits for cardiology services are within 18 weeks, which is a 1.7% improvement on the same month from the previous year. While this shows progress, we know there is more to do to reduce waiting times fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Wheelchairs: Nottingham East
15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to increase access to specialist wheelchairs for children in Nottingham East constituency.
Doctors: Training
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage trainee doctors to take up rehabilitation as a specialism.
NHS: Redundancy Pay
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of partial retirement for NHS staff on redundancy entitlements; and what discussions his Department has had with NHS representatives
Gynaecology: Diagnosis and Finance
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce diagnostic waiting times for gynaecological conditions in Nottingham; and if he will make additional funding available to support gynaecological services.
NHS: Retirement
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of redundancy arrangements for NHS staff who take partial retirement.
Resident Doctors: Assessments
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a) waiving and b) subsidising the cost of the first six to eight (i) preliminary and (ii) core examinations for junior doctors.
NHS: Staff
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of long working hours and workforce burnout on staff wellbeing, retention and safe staffing levels within the NHS.
Medicine: Training
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill on British citizens who have already commenced undergraduate medical degrees overseas o
Medicine: Recruitment
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to introducing transitional arrangements for the implementation of UK graduate prioritisation in medical specialty recruitment for the 2025–26 recruitmen
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve a) (a) the diagnosis of, (b) clinician training on and (c) access to treatment for patients with Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and associated Cranio-Cervica
Rare Diseases
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the availability of NHS provision on the number of patients with Cranio-Cervical Instability who are seeking (a) diagnosis and (b)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Prescriptions
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of including inflammatory bowel disease on the list of medical conditions which are entitled to a medical exemption certificate.