Oral Question·Home Office
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 21 November 2023Answered: 27 November 2023
Asked by
Vicky Foxcroft
Labour — Lewisham North
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)
Over 85% of waiting list removals are made as a result of patient care, and since the end of the pandemic, unreported removals have been below pre-pandemic levels. Record levels of elective activity are being delivered by NHS staff, enabling us to cut waiting lists and meet our interim target of 65% of patients being seen within 18 weeks—the highest performance in over four years.