Question follow-through · 127800
Cataracts: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are waiting more than 52 weeks for treatment for Cataracts within the NHS.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are waiting more than 52 weeks for treatment for Cataracts within the NHS.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2026
Answer published
As of 12 April 2026, there are 1,124 patients waiting more than 52 weeks for treatment of cataracts within the National Health Service in England.As set out in the Plan for Change and the Elective Reform Plan, we are committed to returning by March 2029 t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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