Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 38403

Health Services

Tabled: 14 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36169 on Health Services, what tests (a) his Department and (b) NHS England require before a substantial planned service change.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The tests the Department requires are set out in NHS England’s guidance to the National Health Service on planning, assuring and delivering service change, which is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/planning-assuring-a...

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