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Physiotherapy: Cost Effectiveness

Commons · Question 59636 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Jun 2025

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Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that private providers of physiotherapy services to the NHS (a) provide value for money and (b) do not operate with excessive profit margins.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 18 Jun 2025

Throughout its history, the National Health Service has always worked with non-NHS healthcare providers to deliver essential services to patients, especially at times of operational pressures. The overall proportion of health spending on independent secto...