Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 40029

Hip Replacements: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 20 March 2025
Answered: 26 March 2025

Question

Julia Buckley

LabourShrewsbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce hip replacement waiting lists.

Answer

Karin Smyth
People have been waiting too long for National Health Service treatment, with their personal and professional lives put on hold. This is why we have committed to getting back to the NHS constitutional standard, that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 ...

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