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Heart Diseases: Surgery

Commons · Question 9106 · Tabled 11 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 19 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to left atrial appendage occlusion in (a) Shropshire (b) the Midlands and (c) England.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 19 Jun 2026

Left atrial appendage occlusion is a prescribed specialised service and is commissioned in accordance with NHS England’s published national clinical commissioning policy, with further information available at the following two links: https://www.nice.org....