Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of service personnel have received (a) trauma treatment and (b) orthopedic from a private healthcare provider via the NHS fast-track pathway as of 24 November 2023.

Further to the answer I gave on 16 November 2023 to Question 1407 to the hon. Member for Wrexham (Ms Atherton), the number of regular service personnel in England who have received intervention under the Fast Track Surgery Contract, which is currently provided by SPIRE Healthcare, is set out by financial year in the table below:

The figures provided include the predicted requirement for the current financial year, should referral criteria and surgical intervention types remain unchanged.

The Department does not hold data on the proportion of service personnel who have received treatment under the Fast Track Surgery Contract.