Hospitals: Waiting Lists
Commons · Question 111880 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients removed from NHS waiting lists are informed by trusts of their removal and the reason for it.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Feb 2026
Validation is a clinically supported process and forms a long-standing part of trusts’ routine management of their waiting lists. Effective communication between patients and their healthcare teams is a key part of the process, and patients should always ...