Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 116885
Patient Choice Schemes
Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 11 March 2026
Question
Suella Braverman
Reform UK — Fareham and Waterlooville
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance to integrated care boards on local commissioning in the context of patients’ legal right to choose under the NHS Choice Framework.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe Government is committed to patients having the right to choose their provider when referred to consultant-led treatment, or to a mental health professional, for their first appointment as an outpatient. Patients’ right to choose is set out in legislat...
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