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Health Services: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision for prisoners with progressive neuromuscular conditions.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision for prisoners with progressive neuromuscular conditions.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    NHS England commissions prison health care services into every prison in England to the equivalence of the community, to include range, access and quality of service. Access to specialist consultants and referrals into specialised support is available in ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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