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Tomography: Waiting Lists

Commons · Question 58291 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for diagnostic scans in North Shropshire constituency.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Jun 2025

In March 2025, the diagnostic waiting list at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust was 14,808, 3,229 of which, or 21.8%, were waiting over six weeks. This compares to a waiting list of 12,771 in March 2024, where 3,165 people, or 24.8%, were wait...