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Epilepsy: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of specialist epilepsy nursing services in Hampshire; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with epilepsy in Ham

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
15 Jul 2026
Answer
17 Jul 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of specialist epilepsy nursing services in Hampshire; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with epilepsy in Ham

  2. 15 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Services for people with epilepsy are commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs) so the responsibility of services in Hampshire would sit with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB.We recognise the very important role that epilepsy specialist nur...

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