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Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce waiting times for specialist operations.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
16 Jul 2025
Answer
21 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce waiting times for specialist operations.

  2. 16 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Tackling waiting lists, including for specialist operations, is a key priority for the Government. We have now exceeded our pledge to deliver an additional two million appointments, tests, and operations, having delivered 4.6 million more since July 2024....

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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