Health Services: Rehabilitation
Commons · Question 60511 · Tabled 17 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS Trusts on ensuring that community rehabilitation is offered as a viable alternative to (a) medicine and (b) surgery.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 25 Jun 2025
NHS England has published guidance setting out five core perioperative requirements relating to the care of adult patients awaiting planned inpatient surgery. As part of the core requirements, patients must be involved in shared decision-making conversati...