Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81682

Community Diagnostic Centres

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Josh Fenton-Glynn

LabourCalder Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with (a) vague and (b) non-specific symptoms can undergo a range of tests in one visit at Community Diagnostic Centres.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Elective Reform Plan, published in January 2025, sets out the productivity and reform efforts needed to return to the 18-week constitutional standard by the end of this Parliament. The plan commits to transforming and expanding diagnostic services and...

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