questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is from initial referral to diagnosis for multiple sclerosis in each NHS region.
answerText: We do not hold data in the format requested. The latest data for referral to treatment waiting times in England, from April 2025, shows there were 223,699 pathways waiting for a neurology appointment, of which 53.8% were waiting for 18 weeks or less.
heading: Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis