Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral answer of 14 November 2017, Official Report column, 143, what estimate he has made of the rates of inflationary increase in NHS tariff costs for musculoskeletal services under the Circle contract to Lewisham and Greenwich Healthcare Trust; and if he will make a statement.
The Department has made no such assessment as this is a matter for Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group which is responsible for commissioning health services and getting the best value for money for its local population.