questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department monitors agreed (a) standards and (b) targets within privately-provided services; and whether there are any contractual consequences if performance targets are not met.
answerText: The independent sector plays a vital role in partnership with the National Health Service, delivering more than 100,000 elective appointments and procedures every week for the NHS. Contracts are awarded to independent sector providers (ISPs) in line with ...
heading: Health Services: Private Sector