Atrial Fibrillation: Surgery
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has been made of the availability of left atrial appendage occlusion procedures to eligible patients in the South East.
Answered by Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is a prescribed specialised service and is commissioned in accordance with NHS England’s published national clinical commissioning policy, which is available at the following link:
NHS England’s regional specialised commissioners and integrated care boards are responsible for the monitoring of activity, reviewing of equity of access for their populations, and addressing variation through local oversight and clinical networks. Therefore, assessment would best be made at local levels.
For the same reason, information on the number of patients eligible for LAAO in Slough or the South East is not held centrally by the Department.
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