Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 23253

Community Diagnostic Centres: Standards

Tabled: 13 January 2025
Answered: 27 January 2025

Question

John McDonnell

LabourHayes and Harlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recruitment freezes in the NHS diagnostics workforce on plans to ensure same day scan results in Community Diagnostic Centres.

Answer

Karin Smyth
We are aware of cases where trusts have put recruitment restrictions in place for diagnostic services. How systems and trusts resource plan internally within their budgets is a matter for local discretion, and as such we will not be taking action at a nat...

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