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Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional variations in elective waiting times for patients aged over 65.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 5 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 9 Jun 2026
Answer: 15 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

5 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional variations in elective waiting times for patients aged over 65.
9 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jun 2026
Answer published
No specific assessment has been made of the trends in the level of regional variations in elective waiting times for patients aged over 65 years old.For the week ending 29 March 2026, regional performance for patients aged over 65 years old varies by 7.9%...

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