Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 14196
Medical Treatments Abroad
Tabled: 13 November 2024
Answered: 19 November 2024
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS patients have been sent abroad for treatment in each year for the previous ten years; if he will provide a breakdown of (a) what treatments those patients were sent abroad for and (b)
Answer
The Department does not have a policy about sending National Health Service patients abroad for treatment, although local commissioning groups have in the past commissioned overseas capacity when needed.However, NHS patients can decide to seek treatment a...
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