Written questions

Surgery: Reform

Commons · Question 22731 · Tabled 8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the document entitled Reforming elective care for patients, published on 6 January 2025, which groups of patients will be offered the prehabilitation services outlined in that pla

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Jan 2025

The Elective Care Reform Plan identifies the importance of supporting all patients to take control of their health, for example through smoking cessation and weight loss programmes, as they prepare for their surgery. As well as improving patient outcomes,...