Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 191955

Surgery: Children

Tabled: 30 June 2023
Answered: 5 July 2023

Question

Dan Carden

LabourLiverpool Walton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce elective procedure backlogs in child health services.

Answer

Cutting National Health Service waiting lists, including for elective child health services, is one of this government’s top priorities. To support elective recovery the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition t...

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