Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 60418
Health Services: Lancashire
Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 26 June 2025
Question
Sir Mark Hendrick
Labour (Co-op) — Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical samples were lost and required resubmission by the patient at (a) Lancashire and (b) Blackpool teaching hospitals in each of the last three years.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department does not hold the requested information. The Government is spending £600 million of capital this year on diagnostics, including funding all pathology networks to increase digital capabilities by March 2026, which will reduce unnecessary wai...
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