Question follow-through · 117555
Heart Pacemakers: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recall of certain Boston Scientific CRT-P pacemakers on NHS services; and what steps are being taken to support affected patie
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 44 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recall of certain Boston Scientific CRT-P pacemakers on NHS services; and what steps are being taken to support affected patie
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is closely monitoring the Boston Scientific Accolade Field Safety Corrective Action (FSCA) to ensure it progresses safely.The FSCA affects 13,969 pacemaker patients at 153 sites in the United ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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