Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission a new national mastectomy and breast reconstruction audit.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published updated guidance on ‘Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management’ in July 2018. Section 1.5 has a series of detailed guidelines for breast reconstruction. The guidance can be found at the following link:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng101
NHS England is continuing to work with its partners (NHS Improvement, Care Quality Commission) and others to ensure its portfolio of cancer audits is as comprehensive and representative as possible within the allocated resources. NHS England plan to hold discussions over the next six months on potential new clinical audit topics.