Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the NHS’ capacity to deliver 24-hour interventional radiology (image-guided surgery) services in each region.
The seven day services self-assessment survey completed by trusts in March 2017 included information on the availability of clinical interventions, including interventional radiology (IR), on a seven day basis for patients admitted to hospital in an emergency. The data showed that 72.30% of hospital trusts who responded to this survey ( 107out of 148 trusts) stated that IR was available for these patients seven days a week.
Information on the twice yearly collection is available on the NHS England website at:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/seven-day-hospital-services/progress
National Health Service regions have access to this report and will be able to consider any variation.