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Heart Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the shortage of consultant cardiologists on NHS waiting lists (i) nationally and (ii) in South Yorkshire.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
8 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the shortage of consultant cardiologists on NHS waiting lists (i) nationally and (ii) in South Yorkshire.

  2. 8 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    No assessment has been made. We are committed to returning by March 2029 to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment across all specialties, including c...

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