Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99087

Hospitals: Transport

Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

Richard Quigley

LabourIsle of Wight West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he requires Integrated Care Boards to hold data on the number of patients provided with hospital transport, broken down by (a) treatment type and (b) mode of transport.

Answer

Karin Smyth
NHS England requires integrated care boards to submit monthly data for the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Scheme (NEPTS). This includes the total number of NEPTS journeys, timeliness of journeys, and journeys covered by the Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme....

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