Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 87546

Surgery

Tabled: 3 November 2025

Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

Callum Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS trusts to increase same-day elective procedure capability.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Same-day elective procedures, or day surgeries, allow patients to be treated and discharged on the same day, helping to reduce waiting times, minimising cancellations due to bed pressures, and supporting patients to recover more quickly, in the comfort of...

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