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Health Services: Low Incomes

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN HL2773, tabled on 20 October 2022

To ask His Majesty's Government, given waiting times for NHS treatment have reached a record 6.8 million, what plans they have to provide additional support to low-income earners to enable them to fund private healthcare.

Answered on

3 November 2022

There are no current plans to do so. However, the National Health Service is working with independent sector providers to maximise the capacity available for NHS patients and reduce waiting times.