Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76565
Surgery: Waiting Lists
Tabled: 11 September 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Stuart Andrew
Conservative — Daventry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS Integrated Care Boards use minimum waiting times for elective care; and for what reasons.
Answer
Karin SmythAs set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning to the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 2029. As of August 2025, the waiting list had reduced ...
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