PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS (15 December 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will reopen his Department's consultation on the proposed NHS mandate.
Asked by:
Ruth Cadbury (Labour)
Asked by:
Ruth Cadbury (Labour)
Answer
Each year the Government aims to publish the mandate to NHS England before Christmas, in order to allow the NHS sufficient time to plan before the new financial year. The mandate to NHS England 2016-17 was laid before Parliament and published on Thursday 17 December 2015. Alongside it, the Government published its response to the consultation, explaining what we heard and how the mandate has changed as a result.
The Government is therefore unable to reopen the consultation on the mandate to NHS England.
Answered by:
George Freeman (Conservative)
5 January 2016
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