Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 63859

Health Services: Bournemouth

Tabled: 30 June 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Tom Hayes

LabourBournemouth East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of health inequalities on the (a) demand for and (b) cost of delivering NHS services in Bournemouth.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The National Health Service is responsible for determining allocations to the integrated care boards (ICBs). In allocating budgets, they have two aims: equal opportunity of access for equal need; and reducing health inequalities that are amenable to NHS h...

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