Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services
2026-06-14 · Department of Health and Social Care · HL938 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits that single point of access models of referral could bring to improving access to specialist care, reducing pressure on NHS services and supporting earlier intervention in rela
Answer
Emerging evidence from local services suggests Single Point of Access (SPoA) supports patients to receive rapid specialist assessments and a clear next step for their treatment by embedding a timely specialist clinical review at the start of the pathway, ...