Question follow-through · 13436
Pathology: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the level of consultant staffing in pathology departments to meed the target of 98% of histopathology tests to be reported within 10 days by March 2029, as sp
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the level of consultant staffing in pathology departments to meed the target of 98% of histopathology tests to be reported within 10 days by March 2029, as sp
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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6 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Department is taking action to ensure sufficient provision of the histopathology workforce. As of April 2026, there were over 1,400 full-time equivalent consultants working in histopathology in National Health Service trusts and other core organisatio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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