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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
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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. |
Is named day: |
true |
Date of holding answer: |
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Date answered: |
2025-06-18 |
Date answer corrected: |
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Is holding answer: |
false |
Is correcting answer: |
false |
Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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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... |
Original answer text: |
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Answering body ID: |
17 |
Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
Tweeted: |
true |