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Tourette's Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to improve training for service providers on (a) Tourette's syndrome and (b) other tic disorders.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Oct 2024
Target answer date
15 Oct 2024
Answer
18 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to improve training for service providers on (a) Tourette's syndrome and (b) other tic disorders.

  2. 15 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    NHS England’s e-Learning for Healthcare has produced modular online learning resources in relation to Tourette’s syndrome and other tic disorders, within its neurodevelopmental disorder and healthy schools programme domains, which are freely accessible to...

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