Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 116900
Achalasia: Diagnosis
Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of average diagnostic times for achalasia.
Answer
Mrs Sharon HodgsonAs set out in the Plan for Change, 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. As a first step to achieving...
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