Question follow-through · 68709
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list all the highly specialised services that are currently commissioned nationally by NHS England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: Children · 25 Nov 2025
- Surgery: Training · 3 Dec 2025
- Prisoners: Diabetes · 12 Dec 2025
- Prisoners: Health Services · 12 Dec 2025
- General Practitioners: Telemedicine · 11 Feb 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list all the highly specialised services that are currently commissioned nationally by NHS England.
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2025
Answer published
All highly specialised services are commissioned nationally by NHS England. The list of specialised services currently commissioned by NHS England is available on the NHS England website, in the worksheet entitled Service Code, with column F indicating wh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: Children
25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of children living with DIPG each year; and what resources has the Government allocated to research into the causes of and treatment of DIPG.
Surgery: Training
3 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS Trusts and clinical directors on ensuring surgical trainees have adequate access to operating theatres.
Prisoners: Diabetes
12 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision in prisons for inmates with diabetes; and what steps he is taking to ensure that diabetic prisoners have timely acces
Prisoners: Health Services
12 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision in prisons; and what steps he is taking to ensure that prisoners have timely access to appropriate medical treatment.
General Practitioners: Telemedicine
11 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the impact that mandating extended online consultation use at GP surgeries will have on the availability of face-to-face appointments.
General Practitioners: Telemedicine
11 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of (a) the new online consultation system for GP surgeries and (b) as part of that, urgent clinical queries being included on forms meant for n
General Practitioners: Telemedicine
11 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provision has been made to help increase the number of appointments available within NHS primary care services in response to increases in online consultation use at GP surgeries.
Hospices: Children
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will notify children’s hospices of allocations from the £80 million in funding announced on 16 October 2025.
General Practitioners: Telemedicine
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mandating extended online consultation use at GP surgeries on the availability of face-to-face appointments.
NHS: Food
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of food purchased through the NHS Supply Chain is classified as Nova Group 4; and what plans he has to incentivise NHS Trusts to move toward minimally processed alternatives.
General Practitioners
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Pulse’s report entitled General Practice Workforce White Paper, published in January 2025, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Pulse's conclusion t
NHS: Databases
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on NHS trusts’ access to existing analytical tools, insights and operational capabilities delivered through the Federated Data Platform should the current contract with Palantir not be extended.