Health Services: Consultants
Commons · Question 77664 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average number of days taken to fill a consultant-level vacancy in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Oct 2025
The Department does not hold data on the number of days taken to fill a consultant-level vacancy nor has it made an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken to fill consultant-level vacancies on waiting list recovery rates.NHS England publishe...