Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 907242

Health Services: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Andrew Lewin

LabourWelwyn Hatfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people waiting for NHS treatment.

Answer

Karin Smyth
We know how important it is to patients and clinicians that they receive and deliver treatment faster.Our Elective Reform Plan is working. Waiting lists are down over 225,000 since we came to office. We delivered 5.2 million extra appointments in our firs...

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