Question follow-through · 109877
Gynaecology: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of women waiting for gynaecological treatment in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of women waiting for gynaecological treatment in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
We are committed to returning to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients are treated within 18 weeks of referral to consultant-led care, including in gynaecology, by March 2029.The Department only holds data at a trust and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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