Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 70640
Health Services
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
James Cartlidge
Conservative — South Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle regional differences in access to specialist care.
Answer
Karin SmythWe are committed to returning to the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 2029. Our ‘Reforming elective care for patients’ plan, published in January, sets out how...
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