Written questions

Health Services: Waiting Lists

2026-06-02 · Department of Health and Social Care · 6176 · Official question

Ben Obese-Jecty

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...