Health Services: Cross-border Cooperation
Commons · Question 64920 · Tabled 3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of differing NHS (a) targets and (b) waiting lists in England and Wales on patients living in border communities.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Jul 2025
The devolution of health is a long-standing policy, and no assessment has been made.For patients living in border communities, we expect local health care services to work closely to ensure differing targets and waiting lists are managed appropriately and...