Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 111880

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 13 February 2026

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients removed from NHS waiting lists are informed by trusts of their removal and the reason for it.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Validation is a clinically supported process and forms a long-standing part of trusts’ routine management of their waiting lists. Effective communication between patients and their healthcare teams is a key part of the process, and patients should always ...

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