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Community Diagnostic Centres: Blood Tests |
| Question ID: |
1799124 |
| UIN: |
49512 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5078 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Pippa Heylings
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| Asking Member handle: |
pippaheylings
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@pippaheylings
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that a full blood count is (a) categorised as a core diagnostic service and (b) available at all community diagnostic centres. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-07 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
Blood tests, particularly full blood count (FBC) tests, are among the most commonly requested diagnostic investigations across primary and secondary care, and are readily available across all 27 National Health Service pathology networks. FBC tests play a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |