Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33557
Patient Choice Schemes
Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025
Question
Jo Platt
Labour (Co-op) — Leigh and Atherton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to ensure a patients right of choice is not impacted by the proposed 2025-26 NHS payment scheme.
Answer
Karin SmythA patients’ right to choose is set out in legislation, and the proposed 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme (NHSPS) makes no changes to this right. As required by the Health and Care Act 2022, NHS England has conducted an assessment of the impact of the proposed N...
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