Written question asked by Emma Hardy (Labour) on Monday, 14 December 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 December 2020. It was answered by Nadine Dorries (Conservative) on Thursday, 24 December 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Pectus Excavatum: Surgery
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will allocate funding to the NHS to invest in Pectus Excavatum treatment.
- Answer
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NHS England and NHS Improvement are required to commission specialised services that are often expensive, rare or commissioned on too big a footprint for individual clinical commissioning groups to commission.
Pectus Excavatum treatment is an example of a specialised service and therefore the responsibility of NHS England and NHS Improvement. commissioning policy for surgery for pectus deformity, dated February 2019, is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/surgery-for-pectus-deformity-all-ages/
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 129090
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Finance NHS Surgery Pectus excavatum
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- 2020-12-24 10:06:16 +0000
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