Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75397
Healthwatch
Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 25 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Tom Gordon
Liberal Democrat — Harrogate and Knaresborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will ringfence funding for independent patient advocacy services after the abolition of Healthwatch.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe independent complaints advocacy service in the National Health Service is covered by a wider grant for Local Reform and Community Voices and is not a requirement of Healthwatch England or Local Healthwatch. This grant provides funding to local authori...
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