Healthwatch
Commons · Question 6115 · Tabled 2 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Maya Ellis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the independent patient and public scrutiny of NHS and social care services following the proposed abolition of local Healthwatch organisations under t
Answer
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 8 Jun 2026
The aim of our patient and public voice reforms is not to maintain the current independent structures, but to strengthen the patient and public’s voice so it drives real change and improvement to services at all levels of the health and social care system...