Hospitals: Waiting Lists
Commons · Question 44112 · Tabled 3 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has issued guidance to hospital trusts on reducing waiting lists for elective care through demand management.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Apr 2025
The Government has committed to returning to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment, a standard which has not been met consistently since September 2015. Our Electiv...