Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 61110

Dermatology: Kent

Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Mike Martin

Liberal DemocratTunbridge Wells

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of patients waiting longer than the Kent Integrated Dermatology Service's four week deadline for issuing biopsy results, in each of the last six months.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department does not hold information on the number of patients waiting longer than four weeks for their biopsy results.The Government is spending £600 million of capital this year on diagnostics, including funding for the automation of histopathology ...

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