Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 127343

Patient Choice Schemes

Tabled: 14 April 2026

Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Sarah Pochin

Reform UK — Runcorn and Helsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to maintain patient choice.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Government is committed to giving patients greater control and choice over their care. Patients have a legal right to choose where they go for their first appointment when referred to consultant-led care as an outpatient.The Elective Reform Plan, publ...

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