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NHS: Translation Services |
| Question ID: |
1745284 |
| UIN: |
16683 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5158 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Rupert Lowe
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Rupert Lowe
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15631 on NHS: Translation Services , what the reason was for the change in the number of e-RS letters sent out in (a) 2019/20 and (b) 2020/21. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-04 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
The main reason for the change in the number of e-Referral Service (e-RS) letters sent out in 2019/20 and 2020/21 was the COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced the number of referrals being created in the National Health Service e-RS. In addition, in early 202... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |