Question follow-through · 25175
Patients: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what considerations her Department is giving to patient transport and transfer arrangements for emergency and elective patients, in the context of the consolidation of clinical services across NHS
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Hospitals: South East · 8 Sept 2026
- Care Workers: Conditions of Employment · 10 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what considerations her Department is giving to patient transport and transfer arrangements for emergency and elective patients, in the context of the consolidation of clinical services across NHS
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 18 May 2026 to Question 566.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Hospitals: South East
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Discharge-to-Assess pathways into intermediate care services in the South East; and what steps she is taking to prevent delays for patients awaiting
Care Workers: Conditions of Employment
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of (a) the potential impact of unpaid travel time on the income and retention of domiciliary care workers and (b) the potential safeguarding risks associated with manda