Question follow-through · 127150
Out-patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he intends outpatient referrals to (a) hospitals and (b) secondary care providers to be managed by people other than consultants.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 15 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
- 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
14 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he intends outpatient referrals to (a) hospitals and (b) secondary care providers to be managed by people other than consultants.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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