NHS: Standards

(asked on 11th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government when was the last year that the NHS in England achieved (1) its four-hour target for A&E waiting times, (2) its 62-day target for cancer treatment, and (3) an average waiting time for elective surgery under six months.


Answered by
Lord Markham Portrait
Lord Markham
This question was answered on 22nd January 2024

The accident and emergency target and 62-day cancer treatment targets were last met at a national level in 2015. The average waiting time for elective surgery is currently under six months.

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