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,...