Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76971

Royal United Hospital and Southmead Hospital: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 15 September 2025

Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Dan Norris

Independent — North East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing backlogs at (a) Royal United Hospital Bath and (b) Southmead Hospital.

Answer

Karin Smyth

As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 2029. Waiting list data is availab...

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