Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75397

Healthwatch

Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 25 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Tom Gordon

Liberal DemocratHarrogate 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 Ahmed
The 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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