Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 107617
Surgery: Waiting Lists
Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 28 January 2026
Question
Mr Lee Dillon
Liberal Democrat — Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Elective Recovery Plan, what progress his Department has made on the 18-week referral-to-treatment targets.
Answer
Karin SmythAs set out in the Plan for Change and the Elective Reform Plan, 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....
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