Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99124
Health Services: Waiting Lists
Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025
Question
Sarah Pochin
Reform UK — Runcorn and Helsby
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission an independent audit of pre-listing referral management processes and reporting of delays across NHS trusts.
Answer
Karin SmythFor 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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