PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Paediatrics: Waiting Lists (17 November 2023)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of children awaiting a community paediatrics appointment in England as of 17 November 2023.
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Answer
Data published by NHS England shows that as of September 2023, there were 78,181 children and young people on the waiting list for community paediatric services.
The data is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/community-health-services-waiting-lists/
Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
11 December 2023
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