NHS: Standards
(asked on 6th March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for routine NHS appointments across all departments in the most recent period for which figures are available.
This question was answered on 12th March 2019
NHS England publishes monthly data for Referral to Treatment waiting times on its statistical work areas website at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/rtt-data-2018-19/
Latest data for December 2018 shows 86.6% of patients were seen within 18 weeks, against a 92% standard. The median waiting time was 7.6 weeks.