Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the allocation of £5.9 billion capital investment in the NHS included in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, if he will make it his policy to allocate part of that sum to capital investment in mechanical thrombectomy.
The Department and NHS England are conducting a detailed planning exercise following the Spending Review, including funding allocations to specific services, which will be made available in due course.