Health Services: Waiting Lists
Lords · Question HL381 · Tabled 21 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Lord McColl of Dulwich
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of patients removed from NHS waiting lists in the past year were removed as a result of (1) resolution by medical intervention, (2) withdrawing from treatment, (3) the patient's death, and (4) administrative
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 30 Jun 2026
Patients can be removed from the waiting list for various reasons. These include where a patient receives their first definitive treatment, begins a period of active monitoring, or declines treatment, or where a decision is made that no treatment is requi...