Question follow-through · 115010
Joint Replacements
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that the merging of ICBs will not result in wider use of BMI as a pre-requisite for joint replacement surgery in England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 23 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that the merging of ICBs will not result in wider use of BMI as a pre-requisite for joint replacement surgery in England.
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2026
Answer published
It is the responsibility of individual integrated care boards (ICBs) to determine clinical commissioning policies, such as eligibility for joint replacement surgery, for their local areas, including when an ICB is the result of a merger.As with all surger...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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