Joint Replacements: Obesity
Commons · Question 12117 · Tabled 23 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Mary Glindon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of using BMI threshold criteria for joint replacement surgery and the Government's commitment to reducing health inequalities in regions with (a) lo
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 29 Jun 2026
It is the responsibility of individual integrated care boards to determine policies for their local area, including that of Body Mass Index (BMI) threshold criteria for joint replacement surgery. As with all surgery, BMI should be considered as one part o...