Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms his Department is using to assess its progress in tackling waiting times for elective care in the NHS which were impacted by the outbreak covid-19.
The Department receives regular updates from NHS England to assess progress against the ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’. We are continuing to work with NHS England to deliver the measures in the plan and provide the necessary support.