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NHS: Software

Commons · Question 75400 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients will be able to access private healthcare services provided through the NHS on the NHS app.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 25 Sep 2025

We estimate there are around 450 independent sector providers that are providing National Health Service services via the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS). There is no classification of private healthcare or independent sector in the e-RS Directory of Servic...