Managing NHS backlogs & waiting times

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 31 Oct 2022 Closed: 1 Jun 2023 Parliament page
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 … Read more
8 Recommendations
16 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
2 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 6 events
30 May
2023
Report published
24 May
2023
Correspondence
1 Mar
2023
Report published
19 Dec
2022
Correspondence
28 Nov
2022
Oral evidence
28 Nov
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
28 Nov 2022
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Managing NHS backlogs & waiting time
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
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirty-Eighth Report - Managing NHS backlogs and waiting times i… HC 729 1 Mar 2023 24 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
22 Conclusion Rejected
Thirty-Eighth Report - Managing NH…
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 … Read more
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.
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23 Conclusion Rejected
Thirty-Eighth Report - Managing NH…
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 … Read more
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.
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Government Response AI assessment · 24 of 8 classified
Accepted 8
Acknowledged 13
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 2
Total 8 recs + 16 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
24 May 2023 Correspondence from Amanda Pritchard, Chief Executive Officer, NHS England, re Thirty Eighth Report on NHS Backlogs and Waiting Times: Recommendations Three and Four, dated 15 May 2023
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19 Dec 2022 Correspondence from Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health & Social Care, re PAC Hearing: Managing NHS Backlogs and Waiting Times, dated 12 December 2022
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