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Surgery: Dorset |
| Question ID: |
1805683 |
| UIN: |
54229 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
242 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Christopher Chope
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Christopher Chope
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter of 16 May 2025 from NHS England to ICBs on referrals for elective surgery, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing the rate of referrals for ele |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
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: |
No specific assessment has been made of the potential impact of reducing the rate of referrals for elective surgery on waiting times for operations in Dorset.Actions to ensure care is delivered in the most appropriate clinical setting, to reduce unnecessa... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |