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Question follow-through · 76564

Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s policy is on the use of minimum waiting times for elective NHS care; and whether he has considered prohibiting the use of such waiting times less than 18 weeks.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Sept 2025
Answer
21 Oct 2025 · 40 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s policy is on the use of minimum waiting times for elective NHS care; and whether he has considered prohibiting the use of such waiting times less than 18 weeks.

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning to the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 2029. As of August 2025, the waiting list had reduced ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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