Question follow-through · 115625

Health Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has issued guidance to integrated care boards regarding the management of waiting lists for private providers of NHS procedures.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
9 Mar 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has issued guidance to integrated care boards regarding the management of waiting lists for private providers of NHS procedures.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Department has not issued specific guidance to integrated care boards regarding the management of waiting lists for private providers of National Health Service procedures. The Department has published rules on referral to treatment consultant-led pat...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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