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NHS: Waiting Lists

Commons · Question 111347 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 23 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients are not wrongly removed from the official NHS waiting list due to administrative issues.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 23 Mar 2026

Waiting list management information is published, by week, each month, and is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/wlmds/Referral-to-treatment (RTT) data is published monthly, for t...