A question on #HealthServices #CrossBorderCooperation tabled by Helen Morgan on 03-07-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Health Services: Cross-border Cooperation
Question ID: 1819369
UIN: 64920
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-03
Asking Member ID: 4934
Asking Member display name: Helen Morgan
Asking Member handle: helenmorganmp
Asking Member Twitter reference: @helenmorganmp
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of differing NHS (a) targets and (b) waiting lists in England and Wales on patients living in border communities.
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Date answered: 2025-07-09
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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 devolution of health is a long-standing policy, and no assessment has been made.For patients living in border communities, we expect local health care services to work closely to ensure differing targets and waiting lists are managed appropriately and...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true