Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85605

Obesity: Health Services

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 3 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients accessed specialist weight management services operated by private providers through the Right to Choose pathway in the latest period for which data is available; and if he will m

Answer

Karin Smyth

Patients have a legal right to choose where they go for their first appointment when referred to consultant-led care as an outpatient. Patients can choose a clinically appropriate provider who holds a contract for the provision of National Health Services...

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