Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72766
Healthwatch
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the views of (a) patients and (b) the public continue to be heard when the responsibilities of Healthwatch are moved to Integrated Care Boards.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe Department has accepted the recommendation of the Dash review of patient safety across the health and care landscape, to abolish Local Healthwatch.In future, integrated care boards will be responsible for seeking patient, user and wider community inpu...
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