Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 59636

Physiotherapy: Cost Effectiveness

Tabled: 12 June 2025

Answered: 18 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that private providers of physiotherapy services to the NHS (a) provide value for money and (b) do not operate with excessive profit margins.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Throughout its history, the National Health Service has always worked with non-NHS healthcare providers to deliver essential services to patients, especially at times of operational pressures. The overall proportion of health spending on independent secto...

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