Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 103861

NHS: Finance

Tabled: 7 January 2026

Answered: 13 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to funding for non-clinical NHS departments on a) patient wait times, b) hospital running costs and c) hospital administratio

Answer

Karin Smyth

National Health Service providers are funded under the NHS payment scheme. When providing funding for services, the clinical and non-clinical elements of service provision are not distinguished, as a single overall price is provided.We have, however, been...

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