Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 119031

NHS: Contracts

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Claire Young

Liberal DemocratThornbury and Yate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS bodies are permitted to award contracts in which the contractor's remuneration is linked to reductions in patient care expenditure.

Answer

Karin Smyth
National Health Service bodies are permitted to award contracts in which the contractor's remuneration is linked to reductions in patient care expenditure. NHS bodies, which are the contracting authority, design their procurements in a way that is both co...

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