PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(24 February 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has issued guidance to integrated care boards regarding the management of waiting lists for private providers of NHS procedures.

Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)

The Department has not issued specific guidance to integrated care boards regarding the management of waiting lists for private providers of National Health Service procedures. The Department has published rules on referral to treatment consultant-led pathways which applies to all providers of NHS care, and which can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-start-consultant-led-treatment-within-18-weeks/referral-to-treatment-consultant-led-waiting-times-rules-suite-october-2022

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