Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been waiting more than 12 months for (a) knee and (b) hip replacement surgery in (i) Lincolnshire and (ii) the East Midlands.

In the NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board, as of 25 August 2024, there were fewer than five patients waiting more than 12 months for knee replacement surgery, and six patients waiting more than 12 months for hip replacement surgery.

In the East Midlands, as of 25 August 2024, there were 479 patients waiting more than 12 months for knee replacement surgery, and 244 patients waiting more than 12 months for hip replacement surgery. The data captures patients waiting in the NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board, NHS Leicester, the Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board, the NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care board, the NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board, and the NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board.