Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 41423

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of NHS appointments.

Answer

Karin Smyth
We have already achieved our pledge to deliver two million extra elective appointments in England, as a first step to delivering on the commitment that 92% of patients will wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 20...
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