Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72059

Diagnosis

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Tom Morrison

Liberal DemocratCheadle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) delays of over 12 months for diagnoses to secure medication and (b) temporary inability to work until that medication is

Answer

Karin Smyth
We have not made such an assessment on the impact of delays to diagnoses to secure medication or on the impact of patients waiting for medication being out of work.It is a priority of the Government to bring down National Health Service waiting lists. As ...

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