Question follow-through · 24965
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a delayed diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease on A&E capacity over the past 12 months.
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
- 18 Sept 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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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 potential impact of a delayed diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease on A&E capacity over the past 12 months.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Department does not hold the specific information the Hon. Member has requested, but on the wider issue of diagnosis and treatment for these conditions, I refer him to the answer provided on 27 May in response to Question 2655.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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