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Health Services: Armed Forces

Commons · Question 57170 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered the creation of an independent review board similar to the US Defense Health Board to oversee the joint medical readiness of the (a) NHS, (b) Defence Medical Services and

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 Jun 2025

There are currently no plans to create an independent review board to oversee joint medical readiness in the United Kingdom.The Ministry of Defence and the Department of Health and Social Care’s Partnership Board facilitate joint working across the UK to ...