Question follow-through · 19962
Ultrasonics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of recovery rates from High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of recovery rates from High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
In June 2026 the Government announced that it would expand access to focal therapy, including high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy, by investing up to £2.8 million. Access to focal therapies will be expanded in line with the expansion of TRANS...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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