Question follow-through · 14606

Orthopaedics: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting lists are improved in line with elective reform targets.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 30 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 2 Jul 2026
Answer: 9 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting lists are improved in line with elective reform targets.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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9 Jul 2026
Answer published
Reducing waiting lists, including for trauma and orthopaedic (T&O) services, is a key part of the Government’s Health Mission. As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning by March 2029 to the National Health Service constitutional...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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