Question follow-through · 112597
Surgery: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of block contract arrangements on the level of NHS productivity.
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of block contract arrangements on the level of NHS productivity.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2026
Answer published
No formal assessment of the impact of block contract arrangements on National Health Service productivity has been made. However, the 10‑Year Health Plan sets out the Government’s intention to move away from block contracts, paid irrespective of how many ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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