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Hip Replacements: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a hip replacement.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
26 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a hip replacement.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    People have been waiting too long for National Health Service treatment, with their personal and professional lives put on hold. This is why we have committed to getting back to the NHS constitutional standard, that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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