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Facial Palsy: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) engage healthcare professionals in the early diagnosis and treatment of facial palsy and (b) support patients in the days following a facial palsy diagnos

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
26 Mar 2025
Answer
1 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) engage healthcare professionals in the early diagnosis and treatment of facial palsy and (b) support patients in the days following a facial palsy diagnos

  2. 26 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The provision of care and management for people with facial palsy, also known as Bell’s palsy, is the responsibility of general practices, under local integrated care boards.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has produced a clini...

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