Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 70824
NHS: Standards
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025
Question
Mohammad Yasin
Labour — Bedford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the annual cost to the NHS of repeated or unnecessary appointments resulting from poor communication between departments and trusts.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department has not estimated the cost to the NHS of any repeated or unnecessary appointments which might conceivably have resulted from poor communication between departments and trusts.