Question follow-through · 105840
NHS: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local NHS commissioning decisions use spare capacity in the independent sector to reduce NHS waiting lists.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local NHS commissioning decisions use spare capacity in the independent sector to reduce NHS waiting lists.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2026
Answer published
Reducing waiting lists is a key part of the Government’s Health Mission, and we are committed to putting patients first by ensuring that they are seen on time and that they have the best possible experience of care. Since the Government came into office, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Influenza: Vaccination
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Ambulance Services: East Midlands
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Health Services: Leicestershire
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Health Services: East Midlands
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Hereditary Diseases
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Hereditary Diseases
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CPR: Training
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CPR: Training
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Endometriosis: Training
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Endometriosis: Training
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Endometriosis: Training
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