Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support he will provide to NHS trusts on blood testing services.

To increase the volume of diagnostic activity, including blood tests, we have committed £2.3 billion in capital funding for diagnostics over the next three years. This will fund the launch of at least 100 community diagnostic centres by 2024/25, to tackle the backlog of patients waiting for clinical tests.