Question follow-through · 13650

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the reduction in waiting lists since July 2024 has been as a result of patients receiving treatment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Jun 2026
Target answer date
30 Jun 2026
Answer
17 Jul 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the reduction in waiting lists since July 2024 has been as a result of patients receiving treatment.

  2. 30 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Department publishes data on Referral to Treatment waiting times. The majority of patients in this data set are considered as having received 'treatment'. A proportion of the removals from the waiting list which appear in this data set as unreported r...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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