questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risks of system level Single Point Of Access (SPOA) on patient choice; and what guidance his Department will issue to integrated care boards to ensure SPOA use is in line with NHS patient choice rights.
answerText: The policy intention for the Elective Single Point of Access (SPoA) model is fully compatible with NHS England’s Patient Choice Guidance, published in December 2023. Patients must continue to be offered a choice of provider at the appropriate point in the...
heading: Patient Choice Schemes