Health Services: Standards
Commons · Question 110 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 May 2026
Question
Asked by Mary Glindon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of patients receiving treatment within 18 weeks of referral.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 18 May 2026
The Government is 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 (RTT).As a first step in achieving this, we have deli...