Surgery: Costs
Commons · Question 64762 · Tabled 3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Melanie Onn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current tariff for the Minor Surgery Directed Enhanced Service in the context of rising operational costs.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 9 Jul 2025
General practices (GPs) are paid for minor surgery directed enhanced services through global sum payments, although they have the option to opt out of these services, and if so, the relevant deductions will be made from their global sum payments.Every yea...