Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78679

Orthopaedics: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question HL4889 on Knee Replacements: Waiting Lists, what specific steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) knee replacements and

Answer

Karin Smyth

As of August 2025, the waiting list for Trauma and Orthopaedics, which includes patients waiting for knee replacements and other orthopaedic operations, stood at 866,426. Performance against the 18-week referral to treatment standard was 58.8%.The Departm...

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