Question follow-through · 13448

Walsall Manor Hospital: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of robotics capability for cancer operations at Walsall Manor Hospital.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
14 Nov 2024
Answer
14 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of robotics capability for cancer operations at Walsall Manor Hospital.

  2. 14 Nov 2024

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  3. 14 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    No specific assessment is planned. There is a robotic assisted surgery clinical strategy for the Black Country Provider Collaborative which has increased robotic surgery access for all patients in the Black Country, particularly for renal service.

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