Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 18100

Surgery: Training

Tabled: 5 December 2024
Answered: 16 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Barry Gardiner

LabourBrent West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national training centre for robotic surgery within the NHS to provide surgical training that is independent of the manufactu

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department has no current plans to establish such a national training centre. The Department continues to work with the National Health Service and other partners to develop pathways for delivering innovative medical technology into the hands of front...

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