Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor progress against the target to deliver FibroScan testing for liver fibrosis through Community Diagnostic Centres in England by March 2025.

There is no national target specifically relating to the delivery of FibroScan testing for liver fibrosis through Community Diagnostic Centres in England by March 2025.

Diagnostic checks are a key part of many elective care pathways. The NHS’ Delivery Plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care has an overall ambition that 95% of patients needing a diagnostic check will receive it within six weeks by March 2025.