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Managing NHS backlogs & waiting times

Status: Closed Opened: 31 Oct 2022 Closed: 1 Jun 2023 8 recommendations 16 conclusions 1 report

As the Committee reported in March, the NHS in England was already running at close to maximum capacity before COVID-19. Pandemic disruption caused a sharp increase in waiting times and backlogs. Addressing these backlogs is a multi-faceted challenge for the NHS. In this follow up inquiry, the Committee will question senior officials at the Department …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirty-Eighth Report - Managing NHS backlogs and waiting ti… HC 729 1 Mar 2023 24 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
24 Conclusion Thirty-Eighth Report - Managing NHS bac… Not Addressed

We asked about other key enablers of a successful recovery of elective and cancer care.

We asked about other key enablers of a successful recovery of elective and cancer care. NHSE told us about the particular negative impact of delayed discharges into adult social care, which had reduced its effective inpatient capacity.48 The Department confirmed that the additional funding for adult social care announced in …

Government response. The government disagrees with the Committee’s recommendation.
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
28 Nov 2022 Amanda Pritchard · NHS England, Matthew Style · Department of Health and Social Care, Professor Sir Steve Powis · NHS England, Sir Chris Wormald · Department of Health and Social Care, Sir James Mackey · NHS England View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
24 May 2023 — Correspondence from Amanda Pritchard, Chief Executive Officer, NHS England, re …
19 Dec 2022 — Correspondence from Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Healt…