Jess Phillips – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to use capacity in independent sector hospitals to reduce waiting lists in 2015-16.

Jane Ellison

Decisions about whether to use independent sector capacity are made at local level according to local need, as part of the operational management of capacity and demand.