Hospitals: Waiting Lists
Commons · Question 41423 · Tabled 26 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of NHS appointments.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 2 Apr 2025
We have already achieved our pledge to deliver two million extra elective appointments in England, as a first step to delivering on the commitment that 92% of patients will wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 20...