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Neurological Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to increase capacity within NHS neurology services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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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. 1 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to increase capacity within NHS neurology services.

  2. 3 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.

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