Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 77664

Health Services: Consultants

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average number of days taken to fill a consultant-level vacancy in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department does not hold data on the number of days taken to fill a consultant-level vacancy nor has it made an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken to fill consultant-level vacancies on waiting list recovery rates.NHS England publishe...

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