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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

2 items
22 Conclusion Thirty-Eighth Report - Managing NHS bac… Rejected

This report is the Committee’s second on NHS backlogs, the first being published in March...

This report is the Committee’s second on NHS backlogs, the first being published in March 2022. We stated then that “the NHS will be less able to deal with backlogs if it does not address longstanding workforce issues”.44 For this inquiry we received evidence from five medical Royal Colleges. The …

Government response. The government disagrees with the Committee’s recommendation, but states all aspects of NHS performance, and their impact for delivery, are kept under continued review by the department and NHS England.
HM Treasury
23 Conclusion Thirty-Eighth Report - Managing NHS bac… Rejected

We asked the Department if it agreed that it was more sustainable to train more...

We asked the Department if it agreed that it was more sustainable to train more doctors, nurses and other health professionals domestically, rather than be over-reliant on international recruitment. It told us that this question would be part of the review that will lead to the workforce plan it will …

Government response. The government disagrees with the Committee’s recommendation, but states all aspects of NHS performance, and their impact for delivery, are kept under continued review by the department and NHS England.
HM Treasury

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…