HC Deb 13 March 2001 vol 364 c582W
11. Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his plans are for reducing maximum waiting times(a) between GP referral and hospital consultant appointment and (b) between hospital consultant appointment and operation or treatment. [151959]

Mr. Denham

In our NHS Plan, published last year, we promised that by the end of 2005 the maximum wait for a routine out-patient appointment will be three months, compared with over six months today, and that the maximum wait for in-patient treatment will be six months, compared with 18 months today.

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