Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93467
Surgery: Waiting Lists
Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton 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 SmythAs 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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