Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote NHS England's and NHS Improvement's Good Communication with Patients Waiting for Care, published on 25 May, to local integrated care systems and NHS trusts.

NHS England and NHS Improvement have been working to promote the guidance via corporate channels, including a range of system-facing bulletins and networks. The guidance and communication principles have also been built into other relevant publications including the Clinical Prioritisation of Diagnostic Waiting Lists Framework.