Diagnosis: Waiting Lists

(asked on 22nd July 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what data they collect on variation in diagnostic waiting times between Integrated Care Boards; and whether those data will be published routinely.


Answered by
Baroness Merron Portrait
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 25th August 2026

Waiting times for 15 key diagnostic tests (DM01) are collected and published monthly, reported two months in arrears. Diagnostic performance is reported as the proportion of diagnostic waits of over six weeks. Statistics on DM01 performance variation by integrated care board are published on the NHS.UK website in an online-only format.

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