Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 162208 on Surgical Hubs, how many of the surgical hubs (a) are going through accreditation (b) have been refused accreditation and (c) have received accreditation.

There currently are 87 established hubs, but that is subject to change as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) team within NHS England proceed with the validation process. The accreditation scheme is open to all hubs and they will be invited to take part in a phased process.

Eight surgical hub sites have received GIRFT accreditation as part of the pilot programme and no hubs were refused accreditation. A further nine hubs are planned to go through the next accreditation round commencing in April 2023.