Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 95843

Joint Replacements: North Herefordshire

Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Dr Ellie Chowns

Green PartyNorth Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle elective care waiting times, including joint replacement surgery, in North Herefordshire constituency.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Government is committed to putting patients first, nationally and in North Herefordshire. That is why, in the Elective Reform Plan, we committed to returning by March 2029 to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wai...

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