Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 80507

Paediatrics: Blood Tests

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 15 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Alex Brewer

Liberal DemocratNorth East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce wait times and (b) increase capacity for paediatric blood tests.

Answer

Karin Smyth
We inherited a broken National Health Service, and reducing elective waiting lists is a key part of getting it back on its feet and building an NHS that is fit for the future. To that end we have committed to achieving the NHS constitutional standard that...

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