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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Commons · Question 72053 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2025

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Asked by Maya Ellis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting lists for diagnostic services at Preston Royal Hospital Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Sep 2025

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) has agreed a Diagnostic Improvement Programme with key focuses including:Increasing capacity within its Community Diagnostic Centre (Preston Healthport CDC), where a number of diagnostic servi...