questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made towards meeting the 18-week referral-to-treatment standard, as set out in the Elective Recovery Plan.
answerText: NHS England’s Operational Planning Guidance for 2025/26 set a target that, by the end of March 2026, 65% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks.To achieve this, we expect the size of the total waiting list to reduce and have already made significant pro...
heading: Health Services: Waiting Lists