Physiotherapy: Cost Effectiveness
Commons · Question 59636 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Question
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...