Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82124
Hospitals: Private Patients
Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Dan Aldridge
Labour — Weston-super-Mare
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of private healthcare providers using NHS hospital facilities on NHS waiting lists.
Answer
Karin SmythNo specific assessment has been made as these decisions are taken locally. National Health Service trusts can utilise ‘insourcers’, private healthcare providers who operate using NHS facilities, but services must be arranged in a manner which offers value...
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