Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82954

Surgery: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 17 October 2025

Answered: 15 January 2026

Question

Stuart Andrew

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many removals from elective waiting lists there have been as a result of data validation exercises in 2025-26; and what the cost to his Department has been of those exercises.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Validation is a well-established component for the effective management of waiting lists, ensuring that the patients who are on the list should still be there. While we have significantly reduced the size of the total elective waiting list by over 206,000...

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