United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 76564
Surgery: Waiting Lists
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11 September 2025
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21 October 2025 · Answer
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21 October 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s policy is on the use of minimum waiting times for elective NHS care; and whether he has considered prohibiting the use of such waiting times less than 18 weeks.
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11 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s policy is on the use of minimum waiting times for elective NHS care; and whether he has considered prohibiting the use of such waiting times less than 18 weeks.
Source: Commons
21 October 2025
Answer
As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning to the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 2029. As of August 2025, the waiting list had reduced ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-11/76564
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1834375
- uk · wq-1834375 · source updated 21 October 2025