| Heading: |
Patient Choice Schemes |
| Question ID: |
1791165 |
| UIN: |
43193 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4781 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Luke Evans
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| Asking Member handle: |
drlukeevans
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@drlukeevans
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS England's Right to Choose policy. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
The Government is committed to giving patients greater choice and control 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.Currently, however, less than... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |