Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 44112
Hospitals: Waiting Lists
Tabled: 3 April 2025
Answered: 17 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has issued guidance to hospital trusts on reducing waiting lists for elective care through demand management.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Government has committed to returning to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment, a standard which has not been met consistently since September 2015. Our Electiv...
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