Hip Replacements: Waiting Lists
Commons · Question 40029 · Tabled 20 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Julia Buckley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce hip replacement waiting lists.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 26 Mar 2025
People have been waiting too long for National Health Service treatment, with their personal and professional lives put on hold. This is why we have committed to getting back to the NHS constitutional standard, that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 ...