Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71059

Surgery: Patient Choice Schemes

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allow patients to (a) view and (b) choose from available operation appointments across different hospitals within the same region.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Patients in England can choose the hospital for their first outpatient appointments via the NHS e-Referral Service and the NHS App, allowing them to view and choose from available appointments across different hospitals within the same region.The National...

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