Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 109877
Gynaecology: Waiting Lists
Tabled: 30 January 2026
Answered: 5 February 2026
Question
Adam Jogee
Labour — Newcastle-under-Lyme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of women waiting for gynaecological treatment in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.
Answer
Karin SmythWe are committed to returning to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients are treated within 18 weeks of referral to consultant-led care, including in gynaecology, by March 2029.The Department only holds data at a trust and...
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