Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15761

Thromboembolism

Tabled: 3 July 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of staffing levels on the timeliness of venous thromboembolism (a) assessment and (b) prevention.

Answer

Karin Smyth
No assessment has been made.The responsibility for staffing levels sits with providers of National Health Services at a local level, working with their commissioners, responding to local needs, supported by guidelines by national and professional bodies a...

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