Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93467

Surgery: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made on reducing waits for elective procedures.

Answer

Karin Smyth
As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning by March 2029 to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment, to help ensure patients get ...

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