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Surgical Hubs: Orthopaedics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, whether any of the new surgical hubs will focus solely on orthopaedic procedures.

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 4 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 6 Nov 2024
Answer: 11 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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4 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, whether any of the new surgical hubs will focus solely on orthopaedic procedures.
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Department, in collaboration with NHS England, will outline details of the funding allocation for surgical hubs at the earliest opportunity. This will include the number of hubs to be established, and their specialty focus. Each hub will be developed ...

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