Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to MR-Guided Focussed Ultrasound for Essential Tremor treatment in England.

Transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy is recommended for the treatment of medication refractory essential tremor, in patients ineligible for deep brain stimulation. NHS England estimates that up to 150 patients per year in England meet the inclusion criteria.  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust provide this treatment and can meet the demand.