Health Services: Waiting Lists
Commons · Question 47592 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
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.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 30 Apr 2025
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...