Question follow-through · 92366
Occupational Therapy: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for occupational therapy a) assessments and b) reassessments.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for occupational therapy a) assessments and b) reassessments.
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2025
Answer published
Integrated care boards are responsible for the commissioning Occupational Therapy services that meet the needs of their local populations. This includes overseeing waiting lists for access to Occupational Therapy services, improve outcomes and deliver bes...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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