Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81127

Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people seeking a potential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis are seen by a neurologist within 12 weeks.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Cutting waiting lists is a key priority for the Government. We have committed to achieving the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients should wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment by March 2029, including in neurology services.I...

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