Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100847

Neurology: Surgery

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a standardised consent process for NHS neurosurgical procedures involving tissue resection with specific consent for s

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Department has not made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a standardised consent process for National Health Service neurosurgical procedures involving tissue resection with specific consent for storage, disposal, and future use of ...
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