Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101607
NHS: Standards
Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 14 January 2026
Question
Joe Robertson
Conservative — Isle of Wight East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the month-by-month progress that will be needed to be compliant with the NHS' 92 per cent 18-week target by March 2029; and what progress has been made to date in 202
Answer
Karin SmythWe are committed to returning by March 2029 to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment.NHS England’s 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidan...
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