{"value":{"id":1233763,"askingMemberId":242,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-09-11T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-09-16T00:00:00","uin":"88809","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is Government policy to restrict NHS elective surgery for people aged over 70; and if he will make a statement.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4362,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-09-24T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The National Health Service provides a comprehensive service available to all, irrespective of gender, race, disability or age. No guidance has been issued on the provision of appropriate treatment based solely on age.</p><p>The NHS has issued guidance for the restoration of non-COVID-19 health services, working on the principle that the most clinically urgent patients should be seen first, followed by those who have been waiting the longest.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":"2020-09-16T00:00:00","attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Surgery: Older People","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1233763","method":"GET"}]}