Question follow-through · 103861
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to funding for non-clinical NHS departments on a) patient wait times, b) hospital running costs and c) hospital administratio
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to funding for non-clinical NHS departments on a) patient wait times, b) hospital running costs and c) hospital administratio
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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13 Jan 2026
Answer published
National Health Service providers are funded under the NHS payment scheme. When providing funding for services, the clinical and non-clinical elements of service provision are not distinguished, as a single overall price is provided.We have, however, been...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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