Question follow-through · 71598

Accident and Emergency Departments: Neurology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Type 1 emergency departments in England currently operate without an on-site neurology service.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Type 1 emergency departments in England currently operate without an on-site neurology service.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    In 2021, NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme shared its national specialty report for neurology following deep dive visits to all 24 neuroscience regions, then to the 67 trusts that together deliver neurology services to 139 sites....

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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