Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the joint scoping exercise carried out by NHS England and NHS Improvement on the review of non-emergency patient transport services.

In ensuring that non-emergency Patient Transport Service (PTS) are delivered efficiently and consistently across England, NHS England and NHS Improvement carried out an initial review of PTS delivery. The Department is working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to review their initial analysis, and will decide on the next steps to take to improve the fairness and consistency of services in due course.