Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 53506

Tonsils: Surgery

Tabled: 20 May 2025

Answered: 2 June 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children are on the waiting list for tonsillectomy; and how many of those have been waiting for (a) under one year, (b) two years, (c) three years, (d) four years and (e) over five years.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government has committed to returning to the NHS Constitutional standard that 92% of all patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment for consultant-led care, including children who require a tonsillectomy. As a first step towards ...

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