Question follow-through · 900027
NHS: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of waiting times for NHS treatment.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
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- Mental Health Services: Children and Young People · 2 Dec 2024
- Care Homes and Hospitals: Visits · 28 Jan 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of waiting times for NHS treatment.
23 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2024
Answer published
Patients are waiting too long to access the care they need, with over 6 million people waiting for treatment across 7.6 million pathways. Tackling this is a key part of our Health Mission. We will start by delivering an extra 40,000 operations, scans, and...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Tourette's Syndrome: Health Services
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Nurses: Recruitment and Training
25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent changes to funding for nurse training on (a) the recruitment of mature graduates and (b) other nurse recruitment; and what plans he has
General Practitioners: Research
25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has commissioned research into the factors causing increased GP consultation rates.
Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
2 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (a) to reduce waiting times, (b) limit the rejection of referrals and (c) improve trust in services by both (i) p
Care Homes and Hospitals: Visits
28 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people in (a) care homes and (b) hospitals to have visitors in all circumstances.
Drugs
30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle regional disparities in the (a) distribution and (b) availability of essential medications.
Social Services: Disability and Pay
29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help (a) improve pay and conditions for frontline social care workers and (b) ensure that social care policy adequately addresses the requirements of people with seve
Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments
29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the severity modifier by NICE in 2022 on the provision of life-extending treatment to those with incurable secondary breas