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Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards do not cut essential services for people living with Parkinson’s.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
19 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards do not cut essential services for people living with Parkinson’s.

  2. 15 Dec 2025

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  3. 19 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Department does not hold data on the number of neurologists or geriatricians with specialist training in Parkinson’s disease, nor does NHS England publish workforce projections at this level of granularity. Neurologists typically manage a wide range o...

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