Cancer

(asked on 19th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the role of independent sector providers of diagnostic services in meeting NHS cancer diagnosis targets.


Answered by
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David Mowat
This question was answered on 11th January 2017

The independent sector provides diagnostic services to the National Health Service which supports the NHS to meet waiting time standards for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

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