Medical Treatments: Costs
Commons · Question 124547 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to integrated care boards on costs that may be excluded from costs associated with a self-funded course of treatment.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Apr 2026
Where a patient opts to pay for private care, their entitlement to National Health Services remains and may not be withdrawn. However, the NHS should not subsidise private care. Therefore, it is important that there is as clear a distinction as possible b...