Surgery: Waiting Lists
Commons · Question 93467 · Tabled 21 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made on reducing waits for elective procedures.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Dec 2025
As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning by March 2029 to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment, to help ensure patients get ...