Question follow-through · 27454
Multiple Sclerosis: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how specialised commissioning expertise will be maintained following the merger of NHS England and her Department, including for the commissioning of services for people with multiple sclerosis.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 22 Sept 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how specialised commissioning expertise will be maintained following the merger of NHS England and her Department, including for the commissioning of services for people with multiple sclerosis.
9 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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Neurological Diseases: Health Services
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