Written questions

Health Services: Private Sector

2026-06-16 · Department of Health and Social Care · HL1063 · Official question

Baroness Maclean of Redditch

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of current regulatory oversight of surgeons operating under practising privileges arrangements in the independent healthcare sector; and whether they have any plans to reform t

Answer

The General Medical Council is the independent regulator of doctors, physician associates, and anaesthesia associates in the United Kingdom. No assessment has been made of the adequacy of current regulatory oversight of surgeons operating under practising...