United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 105840
NHS: Private Sector
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14 January 2026
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22 January 2026 · Answer
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22 January 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local NHS commissioning decisions use spare capacity in the independent sector to reduce NHS waiting lists.
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14 January 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local NHS commissioning decisions use spare capacity in the independent sector to reduce NHS waiting lists.
Source: Commons
22 January 2026
Answer
Reducing waiting lists is a key part of the Government’s Health Mission, and we are committed to putting patients first by ensuring that they are seen on time and that they have the best possible experience of care. Since the Government came into office, ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-01-14/105840
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1871600
- uk · wq-1871600 · source updated 22 January 2026