Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of NHS North Tyneside CCG in reducing waiting times for treatment; and if he will make a statement.
The NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been working to reduce waiting times for treatment, although this is impacted by COVID-19. The CCG have made use of locums and an Elective Recovery Framework and a Recovery Plus programme have been developed to address waiting times, with system-wide solutions established with local integrated care systems.