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Health Services: Waiting Lists

Asked by Esther McVeyConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 19 August 2026UIN 18583

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the reduction in the Referral to Treatment waiting list between August 2024 and March 2026 was attributable to (a) increased completed treatments and (b) non-treatment removals,

Answered by Karin Smyth

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided in the House of Lords on 30 June in response to Question HL381.

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