Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 96762

Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 3 December 2025

Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Gill Furniss

Labour — Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delayed access to specialist heart valve treatment has on (a) avoidable unscheduled hospitalisations, (b) deaths on waiting lists and (c) othe

Answer

Karin Smyth

No specific assessment has been made of the potential impact of delayed access to specialist heart valve disease (HVD) treatment on avoidable unscheduled hospitalisations, deaths on waiting lists, or other patient outcomes.Cutting waiting times, including...

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