A Bill to make provision about arranging alternative non-NHS England treatment for patients who have waited for more than one year for hospital treatment; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Sir Christopher ChopeConservative
2 November 2023
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The NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill would set up a framework to arrange alternative treatment for patients who have waited more than a year for hospital care, using providers outside NHS England. It would also cover related rules and administrative matters to support these arrangements.
The bill has completed its First Reading (June 2022) and is currently at its Second Reading in the House of Commons (October 2023).
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Order read, That the NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill be now read a second time. The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
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