Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 63987

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Surgery

Tabled: 1 July 2025

Answered: 7 July 2025

Question

Sir Mark Hendrick

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 60419 on Surgery: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cancellations of

Answer

Karin Smyth

As set out in the Plan for Change, we will ensure that 92% of patients return to waiting no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by March 2029, a standard which has not been met consistently since September 2015. The Government is clear that to...

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