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.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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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

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  1. 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.

  2. 21 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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