Question follow-through · 74283
Health Services: North East Somerset and Hanham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress on reducing NHS waiting lists in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- NHS: ICT · 15 Sept 2025
- Carers: North East Somerset and Hanham · 15 Sept 2025
- Royal United Hospital and Southmead Hospital: Waiting Lists · 15 Sept 2025
- Hospices · 10 Oct 2025
- Integrated Care Boards · 10 Oct 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
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress on reducing NHS waiting lists in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2025
Answer published
As set out in the Plan for Change, we have committed to return to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by March 2029. We provided additional investment in the Autu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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NHS: ICT
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) electronic patient records and (b) associated systems in the NHS.
Carers: North East Somerset and Hanham
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support family carers in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
Royal United Hospital and Southmead Hospital: Waiting Lists
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing backlogs at (a) Royal United Hospital Bath and (b) Southmead Hospital.
Hospices
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support hospices to provide high quality end-of-life care.
Integrated Care Boards
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will take steps to make Integrated Care Boards coterminous with strategic authorities.
Maternity Services: North East Somerset and Hanham
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to strengthen maternity and neonatal care for people in North East Somerset & Hanham.
Cancer: Diagnosis
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his department is making on its target to reduce the time taken for cancer diagnoses.
General Practitioners: North East Somerset and Hanham
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made to improve North East Somerset & Hanham patient access to GPs.
Menopause: North East Somerset and Hanham
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made to ensure women in North East Somerset & Hanham have access to menopause treatments on the NHS.
Cardiovascular Diseases: North East Somerset and Hanham
5 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in primary care in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
Speech and Language Therapy: Children
5 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reducing waiting times for children requiring speech and language therapy.
NHS: Staff
11 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to accelerate the pay review process so that NHS staff in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency receive uplifts nearer the start of the financial year.