Health Services: Waiting Lists
Commons · Question 13650 · Tabled 26 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the reduction in waiting lists since July 2024 has been as a result of patients receiving treatment.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Jul 2026
The Department publishes data on Referral to Treatment waiting times. The majority of patients in this data set are considered as having received 'treatment'. A proportion of the removals from the waiting list which appear in this data set as unreported r...