Question follow-through · 88747

NHS Trusts: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS trusts are not subject to inappropriate (a) pricing and (b) contractual practices by major IT suppliers.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Nov 2025
Target answer date
13 Nov 2025
Answer
14 Nov 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS trusts are not subject to inappropriate (a) pricing and (b) contractual practices by major IT suppliers.

  2. 13 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    National Health Service trusts procure from suppliers on the Clinical Digital Health Solutions Framework, which is available at the following link: https://www.commercialsolutions-sec.nhs.uk/frameworks/clinical-digital-health-solutions-cdhs#nav-suppliers ...

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