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Tomography: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional variations in waiting times for diagnostic imaging appointments.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 10 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 12 Mar 2026
Answer: 19 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional variations in waiting times for diagnostic imaging appointments.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
No recent assessment has been made of trends in the level of regional variations in waiting times for diagnostic imaging appointments.We are committed to transforming diagnostic services and are supporting the National Health Service to increase diagnosti...

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