Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 27467

Diagnosis: Standards

Tabled: 29 January 2025
Answered: 4 February 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

Conservative — Isle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) future proof diagnostic systems and (b) improve access to subtype diagnoses in systems.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Darzi Report highlights the significant underinvestment of capital in the National Health Service, with outdated scanners, too little automation, and a failure to enter the digital era. Patients have been let down for too long whilst they wait for the...
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