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Heart Diseases: Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help (a) reduce regional disparities in access in access to left atrial appendage closure and (b) the potential impact of such disparities on Yeovil constituents.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 24 Apr 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help (a) reduce regional disparities in access in access to left atrial appendage closure and (b) the potential impact of such disparities on Yeovil constituents.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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24 Apr 2026
Answer published
NHS England has not undertaken a formal national assessment of regional variation in access to left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO). LAAO is a prescribed specialised service and is commissioned in accordance with NHS England’s published national clinica...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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