Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What discussions he has had with Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board on patient waiting times.”
Tabled: 30 April 2025Answered: 6 May 2025
Asked by
Gareth Snell
Labour (Co-op) — Stoke-on-Trent Central
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
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.