Question follow-through · 22984
Surgery: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients waiting over 52 weeks for elective care in (a) England, (b) Norfolk and Waveney ICB area and (c) Queen Elizabeth King's Lynn Hospital Trust; and
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
9 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients waiting over 52 weeks for elective care in (a) England, (b) Norfolk and Waveney ICB area and (c) Queen Elizabeth King's Lynn Hospital Trust; and
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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15 Jan 2025
Answer published
Across England, at the end of November 2024, over 221,000 patient pathways involved waits of more than 52 weeks for elective treatment, which is down by over 80,000 since June 2024. At the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board, at the end of November ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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