Health Services: Waiting Lists
2026-06-02 · Department of Health and Social Care · 6176 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the criteria for removing patients from an NHS waiting list.
Answer
Patients can be removed from the referral to treatment waiting list for a variety of reasons, including where a patient receives their first definitive treatment, begins a period of active monitoring, declines treatment, or where a decision is made that n...