Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99109

Health Services: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 10 December 2025

Answered: 22 December 2025

Question

Sarah Pochin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the average length of time patients are currently waiting between GP referral and being added to an NHS consultant-led elective care waiting list; and whether any suc

Answer

Karin Smyth

In line with referral to treatment rules, a patient's waiting time clock starts from the moment they are referred for consultant-led elective treatment. According to these rules, there should be no time between a general practice referral and entry onto a...

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