A question on #PatientChoiceSchemes tabled by Helen Morgan on 13-03-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Patient Choice Schemes
Question ID: 1784382
UIN: 38150
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-13
Asking Member ID: 4934
Asking Member display name: Helen Morgan
Asking Member handle: helenmorganmp
Asking Member Twitter reference: @helenmorganmp
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that elective service changes to the NHS Payment Scheme comply with legislation on the NHS Right to Choose.
Is named day: true
Date of holding answer: 2025-03-19
Date answered: 2025-03-21
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: Patients will continue to have the right to choose their provider as set out in legislation. The proposed NHS Payment Scheme does not and cannot change this.The Government is committed to patients having the right to choose their provider when referred to...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true