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.
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