Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which clinical commissioning groups fund endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy operations.

Information on which clinical commissioning groups fund endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy operations is not held centrally.

It is the responsibility of each clinical commissioning group to decide which treatments they fund. Each decision must be based on clinical evidence, and clinical commissioning groups must ensure they meet their statutory duties when taking this decision.