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NHS: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS procedures have been conducted in private hospitals in the 2025-26 financial year.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
21 Jan 2026
Answer
21 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS procedures have been conducted in private hospitals in the 2025-26 financial year.

  2. 21 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Improving elective performance and cutting waiting lists is a priority for the Government. We have made significant progress with patients being seen faster, and November saw the second biggest drop in the waiting list for 15 years outside of the early da...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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