Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on research and decision making which is assessing left ventricular assist devices as a long-term therapy for patients ineligible for transplantation.

NHS England has concluded that there is currently insufficient evidence about the clinical and cost effectiveness of left ventricular assist devices as a permanent solution to heart failure. NHS England has commissioned the National Institute for Health and care Research to undertake a study to consider the evidence of this treatment and expects to consider the position later this year following the outcome.