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Health Services: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to Integrated Care Boards on communicating service closures and changes in treatment availability to patients awaiting care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
20 May 2026
Answer
1 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to Integrated Care Boards on communicating service closures and changes in treatment availability to patients awaiting care.

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    NHS England has published guidance which supports integrated care boards in making changes to services within the National Health Service. This includes the importance of effective public involvement. The guidance is available at the following link:https:...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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