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Diagnosis |
| Question ID: |
1760026 |
| UIN: |
27468 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5255 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Joe Robertson
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Joe Robertson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) invest in diagnostic infrastructure and (b) reduce waiting times. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-04 |
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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The Darzi Report highlights the significant underinvestment of capital in the National Health Service, with outdated scanners, too little automation, and a failure to enter the digital era. Patients have been let down for too long whilst they wait for the... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |