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Healthwatch

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will launch a public consultation before introducing legislation to abolish the statutory functions of local Healthwatch.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
15 Oct 2025
Answer
22 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will launch a public consultation before introducing legislation to abolish the statutory functions of local Healthwatch.

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Although there are no plans to carry out a direct public consultation on the abolition of local Healthwatch arrangements. Dr Dash’s report on patient safety across the health and care landscape was published in July 2025 and made nine recommendations whic...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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