Question follow-through · 107462
Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sickle cell day centres have closed in the last 5 years; and how many sickle cell day centres remain operational.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2026 · 35 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
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sickle cell day centres have closed in the last 5 years; and how many sickle cell day centres remain operational.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2026
Answer published
The same day emergency care pilot for sickle cell patients at the Royal London Hospital was commissioned locally, via the NHS North East London Integrated Care Board. The pilot finished in January 2026 as planned. The pilot was testing an alternative rout...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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