Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71058
Hospitals: Waiting Lists
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025
Question
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve coordination between NHS hospitals within the same region to offer patients earlier appointments at alternative sites.
Answer
Karin SmythAs set out in the Plan for Change, we have committed to return to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment (RTT) by March 2029.Planning Guidance for 2025/26 sets a tar...
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