Question follow-through · 88047
Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) number of referrals and (b) time taken to treat people with heart valve disease in each region.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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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
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) number of referrals and (b) time taken to treat people with heart valve disease in each region.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2025
Answer published
Cutting elective care waiting times, including for cardiology services, is a key priority for the Government. The national waiting list for cardiology services has fallen by 59,307 since this Government came into office, with an increase in the proportion...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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