NHS Devon: Operating Costs
Commons · Question 79929 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent trends in running costs for NHS Devon on (a) the provision of public health services and (b) health outcomes in the region.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 22 Oct 2025
Public health responsibilities sit primarily with local authorities and national public health programmes, such as screening, are commissioned by NHS England rather than the integrated care boards (ICBs). Therefore, the running costs within the NHS Devon ...