Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15347

Pectus Excavatum: Surgery

Tabled: 20 November 2024

Answered: 27 November 2024

Question

Mike Martin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Haller index threshold for pectus excavatum surgery provided on the NHS.

Answer

Karin Smyth

In April 2023, NHS England published an interim clinical commissioning urgent policy statement on pectus excavatum surgery. The statement concluded that the Haller Index, a mathematical calculation used to measure the severity of the deformity, is adequat...

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