Question follow-through · 58469

Patients: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards his Department has put in place to protect patients being transported to hospital by private patient transport companies on behalf of local NHS integrated care boards.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
11 Jun 2025
Answer
16 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 9 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards his Department has put in place to protect patients being transported to hospital by private patient transport companies on behalf of local NHS integrated care boards.

  2. 11 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Health and social care service providers that carry out a regulated activity in England must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Providers of ambulance and other transport services usually need to register for the regulated activity ‘Tra...

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