Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78550

Disability: Travel

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with (a) local authorities and (b) voluntary organisations to assist disabled people with transportation to medical appointments.

Answer

Karin Smyth
As set out in the Plan for Change, we will ensure that 92% of patients return to waiting no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by March 2029, a standard which has not been met consistently since September 2015. The Government is clear that re...
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