Question follow-through · 127651
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he holds the data on the total number of GP referrals handed to consultants for review.
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
- 15 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
15 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he holds the data on the total number of GP referrals handed to consultants for review.
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department does not hold data in the format requested. It is standard practice for triage processes to operate through locally agreed referral pathways, developed by integrated care boards and providers to reflect local service configuration and patie...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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