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
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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
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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
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- 2015-03-16 18:12:58 +0000
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