Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what stakeholder engagement his Department undertook on legislative proposals to support the NHS Long Term Plan.
The Government’s priority is to support the National Health Service to improve patient outcomes by delivering the Long Term Plan.
Last year, NHS England and NHS Improvement carried out an engagement process before making recommendations to the Government for legislative change. We are currently considering the NHS’s recommendations thoroughly and will bring forward detailed proposals shortly.