Injuries: Surgery
Commons · Question 108348 · Tabled 26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review information on the NHS website regarding hamstring injuries to ensure it adequately reflects the potential severity of hamstring avulsion injuries and the possible nee
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 3 Feb 2026
Decisions on the need for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in the case of hamstring avulsion injuries are clinically led. The Department has not made an assessment of the adequacy of the relevant guidance.The hamstring injury page on the NHS.UK webs...