Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to help to accelerate the spread and uptake of best practice across NHS England to reduce variation in patient outcomes.

As part of our commitment to delivering the response to the Accelerated Access Review, we have established the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) which brings together representatives from Government, the National Health Service and industry to drive the uptake and adoption of those innovations within the NHS that will be most transformative for patients.

Specifically, the AAC will oversee the Accelerated Access Pathway, which will launch later this year, to provide tailored support to increase the uptake of the most transformative innovations. This will help to promote best practice across the NHS and ensure all patients have access to the most effective new treatments.

Alongside this, the Academic Health Science Networks continue to work with their local populations to ensure they benefit from significantly improved health outcomes through promotion of health equality and best practice, alongside transformation in leadership, quality and safety of care.