Ophthalmic Services: Standards
Commons · Question 80900 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in NHS ophthalmology services.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 22 Oct 2025
We have committed to ensuring that 92% of all patients, across specialties, wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment (RTT) by March 2029. As a first step, we have delivered a reduction in the waiting list by over 206,000, having now deliver...