Hospitals: Waiting Lists

(asked on 11th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Government's mandate to NHS England for 2017-18, what progress NHS England has made on meeting (a) A&E and (b) Referral-to-Treatment waiting time targets.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 14th December 2017

In assessing NHS England’s performance for 2016-17, the Secretary of State’s annual assessment laid in Parliament in July 2017 acknowledged that continued growth in demand has put pressure on patient access and that the National Health Service is not meeting core standards set out in the NHS Constitution. The assessment makes clear that this remains a key priority for Government and this is reflected in the mandate for 2017-18.

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