Tonsils: Surgery
Commons · Question 53506 · Tabled 20 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children are on the waiting list for tonsillectomy; and how many of those have been waiting for (a) under one year, (b) two years, (c) three years, (d) four years and (e) over five years.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 2 Jun 2025
The Government has committed to returning to the NHS Constitutional standard that 92% of all patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment for consultant-led care, including children who require a tonsillectomy. As a first step towards ...