Question follow-through · 84630
Dermatology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve access to dermatology services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 19 Nov 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve access to dermatology services.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2025
Answer published
As set out in the Plan for Change, we will ensure that by March 2029 we return to the standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment, a standard which has not been met consistently since September 2015. The Governmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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