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Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce elective care waiting times for (a) joint replacement surgery and (b) other surgeries.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 Jan 2026
Target answer date
26 Jan 2026
Answer
28 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce elective care waiting times for (a) joint replacement surgery and (b) other surgeries.

  2. 26 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Reducing elective waiting times across all specialties is a key part of the Government’s Health Mission, and this includes waiting times for trauma and orthopaedics. We exceeded our pledge to deliver an extra two million appointments, tests, and operation...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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