Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 196265
Hospitals: Admissions
Tabled: 1 September 2023
Answered: 7 September 2023
Named DayQuestion
Dan Jarvis
Labour — Barnsley North
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of patients not being hospitalised at the nearest hospital on their (a) well-being and (b) recovery.
Answer
Helen WhatelyThe Department has not made a specific assessment on the impact on patients of where they are hospitalised. There are well documented benefits for patients of being treated in specialist centres of excellence, for instance, for stroke care.NHS England and...
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