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Surgery: Lost Working Days

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the average number of lost work days for (a) public sector employees (b) private sector employees (c) self employed patients waiting for pre-booked NHS operations and

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
25 Nov 2025
Answer
1 Dec 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the average number of lost work days for (a) public sector employees (b) private sector employees (c) self employed patients waiting for pre-booked NHS operations and

  2. 25 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    No recent estimate has been made on the average number of lost work days for public sector employees, private sector employees, or self-employed patients waiting for pre-booked National Health Service operations and procedures. We recognise the importance...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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