Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 23 June 2020Answered: 29 June 2020
Asked by
Grahame Morris
Labour — Easington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)
Driving down waiting times is one of this Government’s top priorities, and my colleagues at NHS England continue to keep in regular contact with ICBs on improving waiting times and delivering the ambitions set out in our elective reform plan. Since July, we have cut waiting lists by more than 219,000 across England, and by 6,000 for University Hospitals of North Midlands, and have delivered 3 million more appointments.