Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93052

Surgery: Lost Working Days

Tabled: 20 November 2025

Answered: 1 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the average number of lost work days for (a) public sector employees (b) private sector employees (c) self employed patients waiting for pre-booked NHS operations and

Answer

Karin Smyth

No recent estimate has been made on the average number of lost work days for public sector employees, private sector employees, or self-employed patients waiting for pre-booked National Health Service operations and procedures. We recognise the importance...

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