Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108348

Injuries: Surgery

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

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

Karin Smyth
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...

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