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Patients: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services eligibility criteria on access to transplant services for patients with chronic kidney di

answeredRichard TiceDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
15 Apr 2026
Answer
24 Apr 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Apr 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 Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services eligibility criteria on access to transplant services for patients with chronic kidney di

  2. 15 Apr 2026

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  3. 24 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Non-Emergency Patient Transport Schemes (NEPTS) often provide funded transport where a medical condition means that a patient would struggle to safely attend their treatment independently. NEPTS can be provided by ambulance trusts or other providers depe...

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