PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Gynaecology: Waiting Lists (12 July 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people (a) on a waiting list for a gynaecology appointment and (b) who have had gynaecology surgery cancelled in the last two years.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

We are unable to make a specific estimate of those waiting for gynaecological care as of 11 July 2022. The most recent information on Referral to Treatment waiting provides data for May 2022. This shows that there were 511,105 patients waiting for gynaecological treatments. While data on the sex of the patient is collected, it has not yet been centrally validated. Of the 511,105 patients, 307 had waited for more than two years.

Data on the number of cancelled and postponed surgeries is not currently held in the format requested, as information on treatment speciality has not been centrally validated. The data does not record the number of women waiting for gynaecology surgery who were also awaiting treatment for mental health conditions.

Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
20 July 2022