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Written question asked by Fiona Bruce (Conservative) on Monday, 5 December 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 9 December 2022 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Friday, 9 December 2022. A substantive answer was provided by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 December 2022 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Spondyloarthritis

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the diagnosis time for people with Axial Spondyloarthritis (a) in the Congleton constituency and (b) nationally.

Answer

NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time programme has worked with the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society to create a pathway to support clinicians to improve the diagnosis of Axial Spondyloarthritis, including in Congleton. The pathway is available at the following link:

https://www.actonaxialspa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Rheumatology-Axial-Spondyloarthritis-Pathway.pdf


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
102850
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Diagnosis Spondyloarthritis
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk