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Incontinence: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 32388 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 3 Mar 2025

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Asked by Josh Babarinde

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure consistency of waiting times for pessary ring treatment for prolapsed bladders in (a) East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, (b) Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Tr

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Answered by Karin Smyth, 3 Mar 2025

We have committed to return to the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients, including those waiting for pessary ring treatment for bladder prolapse, wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment (RTT) by March 2029. As a first step, we ...