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Written question asked by Kate Green (Labour) on Monday, 10 October 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 October 2022. It was answered by Caroline Johnson (Conservative) on Monday, 24 October 2022 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Healthy Start Scheme: Telephone Services

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time for service users calling the Healthy Start helpline in each of the last six months for which data is available.

Answer

The following table shows the average speed of answer and longest waiting times in hours, minutes and seconds for service users calling the Healthy Start helpline in each month from April to September 2022.

Average speed of answer

Maximum waiting time

September 2022

00:00:27

00:16:40

August 2022

00:00:07

00:10:27

July 2022

00:00:26

00:19:13

June 2022

00:14:01

00:58:50

May 2022

00:14:38

00:55:09

April 2022

00:22:14

02:00:00


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
59090
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Telephone services Healthy start scheme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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