Question follow-through · 4403
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals from general practitioners to secondary care providers have been (a) rejected, (b) returned and (c) declined since July 2024.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jun 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals from general practitioners to secondary care providers have been (a) rejected, (b) returned and (c) declined since July 2024.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jun 2026
Answer published
National Health Service providers should only reject referrals in limited circumstances, including if they are deemed clinically inappropriate, the service the patient was referred to is inappropriate, or further information is required. Redirection shoul...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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