Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 52047

Health Services: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 13 May 2025

Answered: 20 May 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Crack teams get patients off waiting lists at twice the speed, published on 16 March 2025, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of send

Answer

Karin Smyth

No assessment is currently planned regarding the potential impact of sending doctors into areas with the highest economic inactivity on waiting lists in the areas from which the doctors were seconded.As set out in the Elective Reform Plan, we continue to ...

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