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Written question asked by Paul Beresford (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 February 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 March 2023. It was answered by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Thursday, 9 March 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Skin Diseases: Health Services

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance by NHS England entitled Referral optimisation for people with skin conditions, published on 27 September 2022, what steps his Department is taking to help support the adoption of referral optimisation.

Answer

The Department is supporting the National Health Service to improve outpatient services, including referral optimisation.

NHS England’s Outpatient Recovery and Transformation Programme runs a series of Action on Outpatients webinars to raise awareness of outpatient improvement initiatives. In December 2022, the series focused on outpatient referral optimisation, drawing on principles from NHS England guidance on referral optimisation for people with skin conditions, published September 2022.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
154995
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Health services Skin diseases
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk