Question follow-through · 38530

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of waiting times for (a) appointments and (b) scans following a referral from a GP.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 18 Mar 2025
Answer: 25 Mar 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

14 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of waiting times for (a) appointments and (b) scans following a referral from a GP.
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Mar 2025
Answer published
The current national waiting list stands at 7.43 million, with 58.9% of those having waited less than 18 weeks and with a median waiting time of 14.4 weeks from referral. We will ensure that 92% of patients return to waiting no longer than 18 weeks from r...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Prescription Drugs: Shortages

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Disability: South Basildon and East Thurrock

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