Written questions

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...