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Heart Diseases: Medical Equipment

Asked by Dr Danny ChambersLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 11 December 2025UIN 98115

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of an independent national review into the use and oversight of ventricular assist devices in the NHS.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Guidance on the use of medical devices is a matter for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, which has existing guidance on the use of left ventricular assistance devices available at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg516

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