Healthwatch
Commons · Question 75397 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Tom Gordon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will ringfence funding for independent patient advocacy services after the abolition of Healthwatch.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 25 Sep 2025
The independent complaints advocacy service in the National Health Service is covered by a wider grant for Local Reform and Community Voices and is not a requirement of Healthwatch England or Local Healthwatch. This grant provides funding to local authori...