Question follow-through · 7

Health Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what NHS services he plans to commission through private providers in the next 12 months.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
26 Jul 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what NHS services he plans to commission through private providers in the next 12 months.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    Services are commissioned either by integrated care boards or by NHS England. Commissioners have always worked with private providers to deliver primary and secondary services for the National Health Service, and make decisions based on the specifics of t...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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