Part of Health and Social Care – in the House of Commons at on 25 November 2025.
Luke Evans
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Health and Social Care)
When it comes to hospital provision, the Conservatives believe that we should continue to use private providers to improve access and reduce waiting times. We believe the Government should not let spare capacity go to waste on ideological grounds; we should continue to make use of private-sector capacity to treat NHS patients where available. Does the Minister agree?
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With a lower-case ‘c’, ‘conservative’ is an adjective which implies a dislike of change, and a preference for traditional values.
