Question follow-through · 112886
Ultrasonics: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS ultrasound provision.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Mar 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS ultrasound provision.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Mar 2026
Answer published
We are committed to transforming diagnostic services and will support the National Health Service to increase diagnostic capacity to bring down the size of the list and reduce waiting times, including for ultrasound.The National Imaging Data Collection (N...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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