Paediatrics: Waiting Lists

(asked on 17th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the average waiting time for a community paediatric appointment in England as of 17 November 2023.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 22nd November 2023

The following table shows the percentages of community paediatric services reporting wait times as of September 2023, the most recent period for which data is available:

Waiting time period

Percentage of services

0-4 weeks

3%

5-12 weeks

24%

13-24 weeks

36%

25-52 weeks

33%

53-76 weeks

3%

Over 76 weeks

0%

Source: Community Health Services Waiting Lists, NHS England

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