Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31449

Heart Diseases: Health Services

Tabled: 13 February 2025

Answered: 24 February 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals to cardiology there were in 2024.

Answer

Karin Smyth

There were 1,007,365 referrals to cardiology in England in 2024. The data is publicly available on NHS England’s website, at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/