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NHS: Standards

Asked by Mohammad YasinLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 9 September 2025UIN 70824

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the annual cost to the NHS of repeated or unnecessary appointments resulting from poor communication between departments and trusts.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department has not estimated the cost to the NHS of any repeated or unnecessary appointments which might conceivably have resulted from poor communication between departments and trusts.

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