A question on #Physiotherapy #CostEffectiveness tabled by Freddie van Mierlo on 12-06-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Physiotherapy: Cost Effectiveness
Question ID: 1812370
UIN: 59636
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-12
Asking Member ID: 5296
Asking Member display name: Freddie van Mierlo
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Freddie van Mierlo
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that private providers of physiotherapy services to the NHS (a) provide value for money and (b) do not operate with excessive profit margins.
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Date answered: 2025-06-18
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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: Throughout its history, the National Health Service has always worked with non-NHS healthcare providers to deliver essential services to patients, especially at times of operational pressures. The overall proportion of health spending on independent secto...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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