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Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to detail the average waiting time for gynaecological surgery, in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Feb 2026
Target answer date
10 Feb 2026
Answer
13 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to detail the average waiting time for gynaecological surgery, in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.

  2. 10 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Department of Health and Social Care does not hold waiting list data for health and social care trusts of Northern Ireland. Health policy is largely devolved, and this data is therefore held by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.In England, ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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