Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 92245 on Essential Tremor: Liverpool, if his Department will take steps to (a) increase the number of eligible patients receiving MR-Guided Focussed Ultrasound for Essential Tremor and (b) support centres in providing this treatment.

The Department does not intend to revise guidance which sets out the eligibility for Transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for Essential Tremor. Current eligibility is set out in guidance produced by NHS England.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London and The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool provide this treatment in England and can meet the patient demand associated with this treatment. There are no current plans to expand the number of providers offering this treatment.