Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timescale is for his Department receiving a response from the Independent Review Panel on the referred plans from Calderdale Huddersfield Foundation Trust.
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has written to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel requesting they undertake an initial assessment and report their findings by 26 February. We will then make an announcement about next steps in due course.