Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of NHS England’s adherence to Service Specification for Haemodialysis.

NHS England’s regional commissioning teams, jointly with integrated care boards where a specialised service is being jointly commissioned in 2023/24, meet commissioned provider centres on a regular basis, usually monthly, as part of the standard contract review processes. Adherence to all relevant specialised service specifications for that specific provider are reviewed as part of this process, which includes Haemodialysis service specifications where appropriate.

NHS England regional commissioning teams will review adherence to both the core and developmental standards included within the service specifications as part of this process and identify any development requirements and put in place any plans for additional support if required.