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Arthritis: Health Services

Commons · Question 43661 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will work with Versus Arthritis to (a) bring down waiting times for people with arthritis and (b) support them while waiting for treatment.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 8 Apr 2025

On 6 January 2025, NHS England published the new Elective Reform Plan, which sets out a whole system approach to hitting the 18-week referral to treatment target by the end of this Parliament.Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning...