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Gastrointestinal System: Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to the integration of recommendations from the Getting It Right First Time programme for gastroenterology into the national quality strategy.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
29 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to the integration of recommendations from the Getting It Right First Time programme for gastroenterology into the national quality strategy.

  2. 29 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    We recognise the value of clinically‑led improvement programmes such as Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) in identifying and addressing unwarranted variation in care, including in gastroenterology. Rather than being incorporated into the National Qualit...

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