Health Services: Waiting Lists
Commons · Question 10129 · Tabled 16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that administrative removals from waiting lists do not count towards the official waiting list numbers.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 23 Jun 2026
It is important that official waiting list data accurately reflects the true number of patient pathways that are waiting. Official figures should reflect all changes in the list including those which come about through administrative processes such as val...