Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the scheduled publication of a shared decision making guideline by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in June 2021, what assessment they have made of the work of (1) NHS England, (2) patient groups and (3) professional bodies, to support shared decision making in health services; and what steps they plance to take to support the implementation of shared decision making across the NHS.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.