Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 84029

Surgery: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 21 October 2025

Answered: 20 November 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the 18-week treatment target for elective care is in all NHS trusts.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department and NHS England regularly monitor regional and trust level variation in National Health Service waiting lists to address variation in performance, so patients can expect to receive high quality care in a timely way, wherever they live.We ar...

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