Orthopaedics: Waiting Lists
Commons · Question 78679 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question HL4889 on Knee Replacements: Waiting Lists, what specific steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) knee replacements and
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Oct 2025
As of August 2025, the waiting list for Trauma and Orthopaedics, which includes patients waiting for knee replacements and other orthopaedic operations, stood at 866,426. Performance against the 18-week referral to treatment standard was 58.8%.The Departm...