Hospitals: Standards
Commons · Question 74191 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the efficiency (a) rural and (b) urban hospitals; and how many hospitals in each of those categories are within the top quarter most efficient hospitals.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 12 Sep 2025
As part of the 2025/26 planning process, all National Health Service organisations were required to set efficiency and savings targets necessary to achieve a balanced financial position. These targets are publicly available in hospital board reports. The ...