The islands came together in 2024 under the Channel Island Alliance for Health and Social Care with the goal of improving healthcare by boosting “collaboration and partnership”.

In the written response last week, the HSC said the two islands had “shared challenges and geographical location”, something with Deputy Rylatt agrees with.

“I think being an island of 64,000 people we suffer the the issue of being the size of a small town trying to provide the healthcare service of a small country,” he told BBC Radio Guernsey.

“So we should be pursuing any opportunities to work with neighbouring islands if it can deliver better outcomes for patients and better value for taxpayers.”