Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a formal evaluation of the effectiveness of (a) surgical hubs and (b) community diagnostic centres in increasing (i) elective care and (ii) diagnostic capacity.
In June 2022, the Department commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Research Policy Research Unit in the Economics of Health Systems and Interface with Social Care to lead a report on the potential impact of surgical hubs and Community Diagnostic Centres. A final report is expected in December 2023 and will then be published.