Question follow-through · 26022
Neurology: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of consultant neurologists and specialist multiple sclerosis nurses in England.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 22 Sept 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of consultant neurologists and specialist multiple sclerosis nurses in England.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to improving access to high‑quality care and treatment for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other progressive neurological conditions.Through NHS England’s Neurology Transformation Programme, a new model of integrated ca...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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