Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 22731

Surgery: Reform

Tabled: 8 January 2025
Answered: 17 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the document entitled Reforming elective care for patients, published on 6 January 2025, which groups of patients will be offered the prehabilitation services outlined in that pla

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Elective Care Reform Plan identifies the importance of supporting all patients to take control of their health, for example through smoking cessation and weight loss programmes, as they prepare for their surgery. As well as improving patient outcomes,...

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