Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 114385

Health Services: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Ian Roome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of regional variations in reducing NHS waiting lists.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department and NHS England regularly monitor regional and trust level variation in National Health Service waiting lists to address variation in performance, so patients can expect to receive high quality care in a timely way, wherever they live. We a...

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