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Neurological Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring people with (a) Huntington's disease and (b) other long-term neurological conditions have a single point of contact to co

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
29 Oct 2025
Answer
25 Nov 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring people with (a) Huntington's disease and (b) other long-term neurological conditions have a single point of contact to co

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    More needs to be done to meet need on coordination of care for people with rare diseases, including Huntingdon’s disease, and work is underway to improve this.The revised NHS England Specialised Neurology Services (adults) specification 2025 outlines a co...

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