Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 115815
Surgery: Standards
Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on meeting the 18-week treatment target in the Elective Reform Plan.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Elective Reform plan set out that the Government is 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. Additionally,...
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