A question on #HealthServices #WaitingLists tabled by Gregory Stafford on 23-04-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Health Services: Waiting Lists
Question ID: 1796507
UIN: 47592
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-23
Asking Member ID: 5351
Asking Member display name: Gregory Stafford
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Gregory Stafford
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential cost-effectiveness of NHS insourcing as a means to reduce elective waiting lists.
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Date answered: 2025-04-30
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: The Government supports efforts to utilise National Health Service capacity out of hours and over weekends, where it is a cost-effective and sustainable means of delivering additional activity. The most cost-effective route to do this is best determined a...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true