Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99113

Health Services: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 10 December 2025

Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

Sarah Pochin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS trusts do not manage referral pipelines, triage processes, or administrative allocation methods in ways that reduce the apparent size of the elective waitin

Answer

Karin Smyth

For referral to treatment (RTT) pathways that start within an interface service, which is any form of intermediary clinical triage, assessment, and/or treatment between primary and secondary care, a patient's clock start will begin at the point the genera...

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