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Rheumatoid Arthritis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people living with rheumatoid arthritis.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
23 Jun 2025
Answer
30 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people living with rheumatoid arthritis.

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Services for those with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, including arthritis, are commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs). The Department expects MSK services to be fully incorporated into integrated care system planning and decision-making...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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