Question follow-through · 12381
Ataxia: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early and equitable access to diagnosis and treatment for people living with ataxia.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early and equitable access to diagnosis and treatment for people living with ataxia.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, including rare ataxias, under the UK Rare Diseases Framework. We published the fifth annual England action plan in February 2026, where we report on the steps we have t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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