Surgery: Standards
Commons · Question 116815 · Tabled 2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Juliet Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce delays and (b) improve (i) flow and (ii) efficiency in NHS Surgical Theatres.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Mar 2026
As set out in the Elective Reform Plan, 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, which includes those wa...