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Healthwatch: Brighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his proposal to close independent local Healthwatch services and transfer their functions to (a) local authorities and (b) Integrated Care Boards, what proportion of existing fund

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
4 Sept 2025 · 44 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his proposal to close independent local Healthwatch services and transfer their functions to (a) local authorities and (b) Integrated Care Boards, what proportion of existing fund

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The abolition of Healthwatch England and the transfer of its functions, as well as the changes to Local Healthwatch, will require primary legislation. The timing of this is subject to the will of Parliament and will happen when Parliamentary time allows.A...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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