Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100534 on Diabetes: Health Services, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a recovery fund to support the provision of routine care for (a) diabetes and (b) other long-term conditions.

No formal assessment has been made. The Department continues to work with NHS England and NHS Improvement on the long term recovery of services. An additional £23.3 billion was announced to support the National Health Service in managing the ongoing impact of COVID-19. This includes over £8 billion to reduce the elective care backlog and deliver millions of checks, scans and procedures.