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Written question asked by Mike Weatherley (Conservative) on Monday, 9 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 March 2015. It was answered by Dan Poulter (Conservative) on Monday, 16 March 2015 on behalf of the Department of Health.


General Practitioners

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to give GPs greater access to hospital diagnostic tests and specialist tests.

Answer

Arrangements are already in place locally to enable general practitioners to have direct access to appropriate tests to support the primary investigation of disease in all areas of diagnostic tests.

A significant proportion of the work undertaken by pathology laboratories and imaging services is associated with direct access from primary care.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
226816
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Access Diagnosis General practitioners Patients Screening Testing
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk