Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish examples from within the NHS of (a) innovative care and (b) best practice for patients receiving treatment on NHS England’s Trauma and Orthopaedic Service; and if he will make a statement.

NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme and the Best MSK Health Collaborative have published examples of innovation and best practice in the treatment of orthopaedics, which are available through the Best Practice Library at the following link:

https://www.gettingitrightfirsttime.co.uk/bpl/

GIRFT is designed to improve the treatment and care of patients through an in-depth review of services and benchmarking and presenting an evidence base to support change. The Best MSK Health Collaborative aims to sustain the delivery of personalised, high-quality integrated healthcare in services such as orthopaedics and rheumatology in primary, secondary and community services. The Collaborative works with those with lived experience, patient groups and professional organisations to support integrated care systems to deliver innovative care and best practice. The Best MSK Health Collaborative works with GIRFT across trauma and orthopaedics treatment and surgery.