Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for biopsy results.”
Tabled: 11 June 2025Answered: 17 June 2025
Asked by
Mike Martin
Liberal Democrat — Tunbridge Wells
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)
More patients are now getting world-leading testing technology in the NHS as part of our mission to revolutionise cancer care in this country. The Government are spending £600 million a year in capital on diagnostics, including for the first time funding for the automation of histopathology laboratories to improve productivity. We are also funding pathology networks to reach digital maturity by 2026, which will reduce unnecessary waits and repeated tests.