Barclay ‘Open to Requests’ for Welsh and Scots Patients to Be Treated in England

Health Secretary Steve Barclay leaves 10 Downing Street, London, on July 18, 2023. James Manning/PA Wire

Steve Barclay has said he is “open to requests” for patients from Wales and Scotland to be treated on the NHS in England amid record waiting lists.

The Health Secretary has invited Scottish and Welsh ministers to discuss what “lessons can be learnt” from the different approaches taken by each government to the health service.