Breast Cancer: Surgery

(asked on 5th July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) national and (b) local activity is underway to help ensure that potential local restrictions to breast reconstruction surgery are removed.


Answered by
James Morris Portrait
James Morris
This question was answered on 13th July 2022

The National Health Service Cancer Programme has reiterated that no local time limits should be applied to reconstructive surgery, particularly where reconstructive surgery has been delayed due to the pandemic. Cancer Alliances have been asked to ensure that wherever possible surgery with immediate breast reconstruction takes place and to seek opportunities to accelerate reconstruction for those women who have not yet undergone the procedure following previous breast surgery during the pandemic.

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