Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 102754

Surgery: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle (a) elective care and (b) joint replacement waiting times.

Answer

Karin Smyth
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Rushcliffe on 19 November to Question 89685.