Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49795
Parkinson's Disease: Health Services
Tabled: 1 May 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
Nadia Whittome
Labour — Nottingham East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients referred for a potential diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease are seen by a neurologist within 18 weeks.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Government is committed to delivering the National Health Service constitutional standard for 92% of patients to wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment by March 2029, a standard which has not been met consistently since September 2015...
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