Question follow-through · 122780
General Practitioners: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the referral to treatment clock start date is where a GP resubmits a referral following a Single Point of Access triage outcome with which they disagree; and what guidance NHS England has issu
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 23 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2026 · 9 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
23 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the referral to treatment clock start date is where a GP resubmits a referral following a Single Point of Access triage outcome with which they disagree; and what guidance NHS England has issu
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2026
Answer published
We're setting the Advice and Guidance (A&G) clock start so it's the same as outpatient referrals, ensuring no patient will have to wait longer for an appointment as a result of A&G As set out in the Medium Term Planning Framework, the National Hea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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NHS: Finance
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Ambulance Services: Finance
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Ophthalmology: Community Health Services
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Ophthalmology: Community Health Services
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with local optometrists to ensure that neighbourhood-level eye care services are supported.
Community Health Services
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria were used to determine which providers were included in the Neighbourhood Health Framework.
Ophthalmology: Community Health Services
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with local optometrists to support eye care services within neighbourhood health systems.
NHS: Drugs
26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish the legal text for the UK-US pharmaceuticals deal.
Placenta Accreta Spectrum: Health Services
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Placenta Accreta Spectrum
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the gap between diagnosed and actual incidence of placenta accreta spectrum disorder.
Postpartum Haemorrhage
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the causes of the reported 19 per cent increase in postpartum haemorrhage rates among mothers in England.