Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71060
Surgery: Waiting Lists
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase the use of capacity in local private hospitals to reduce NHS waiting times for surgical procedures.
Answer
Karin SmythAs set out in the Plan for Change, we have committed to return to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by March 2029.Independent sector providers have a role to pl...
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