United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 71055
Surgery: Waiting Lists
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29 August 2025
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8 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for urgent NHS operations in cases where patients are waiting significantly beyond the clinically recommended timeframe.
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for urgent NHS operations in cases where patients are waiting significantly beyond the clinically recommended timeframe.
Source: Commons
8 September 2025
Answer
It is unacceptable that patients continue to wait lengthy periods for treatment, especially where waits are for high priority surgical procedures.We are committed to driving down waiting times. In January, we published our Elective Reform Plan, which sets...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/71055
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1827707
- uk · wq-1827707 · source updated 8 September 2025