Written questions

Cardiovascular Diseases: South East

Commons · Question 41354 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to decrease waiting times for (a) urgent and (b) routine cardiology appointments in Surrey and Hampshire.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 31 Mar 2025

Too many people have been left in limbo waiting for National Health Service appointments. The Government has committed to returning to the constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment. Performance is...