Written questions

Diagnosis and Surgery: Yorkshire and the Humber

Commons · Question 26730 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 3 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Paul Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 4.5 of the Autumn Budget 2024, how many new (a) surgical hubs and (b) diagnostic scanners will be located in Yorkshire.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 3 Feb 2025

The Elective Reform Plan, published in January 2025, sets out the productivity and reform efforts needed to return to the 18-week Referral to Treatment constitutional standard by March 2029. The standard has not been met consistently since September 2015....