Obesity: Health Services
Commons · Question 85605 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients accessed specialist weight management services operated by private providers through the Right to Choose pathway in the latest period for which data is available; and if he will m
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 3 Nov 2025
Patients have a legal right to choose where they go for their first appointment when referred to consultant-led care as an outpatient. Patients can choose a clinically appropriate provider who holds a contract for the provision of National Health Services...