Question follow-through · 906548
Health Services: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times from referral to specialist appointment in the Black Country.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times from referral to specialist appointment in the Black Country.
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2025
Answer published
We’ve cut waiting lists in the Black Country by more than 10% in the past year, including through the deployment of digital tools and AI to ensure more time is dedicated for patient care. But we are committed to going even further through the investment a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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