Joint Replacements: Obesity
Commons · Question 102757 · Tabled 5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ban the blanket use of body mass index thresholds as a means of determining eligibility for joint replacement surgery.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Jan 2026
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Rushcliffe on 20 November 2025 to Question 89688.