Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 162208 on Surgical Hubs, how many of the new surgical hubs are now (a) operational and (b) fully staffed.

There are now 95 surgical hubs operational. 13 of these are new surgical hubs created with funding from Targeted Investment Fund 2, which was announced as part of the Spending Review 2021.

Data on whether new surgical hubs are fully staffed is not held centrally. Staffing of surgical hubs is managed and overseen by the relevant NHS Trust, or Provider Collaborative, that is operating the hub.