A question on #NHSTrusts #SubsidiaryCompanies tabled by Tom Hayes on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies
Question ID: 1807198
UIN: 55631
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 5210
Asking Member display name: Tom Hayes
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Tom Hayes
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, (b) University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust and (c) Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust on t
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Date answered: 2025-07-10
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Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: Contract award decisions in the National Health Service fall directly to individual NHS bodies, who are responsible for running their own procurement exercises. Ministers at the Department do not have general powers in legislation to direct trusts in rela...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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