Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help improve the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) Crohn's disease and (ii) ulcerative colitis.

To help improve diagnosis, treatment and awareness of both Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis, NHS England is developing evidence-based tools including an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) RightCare scenario. This will set out what high-quality joined-up care looks like at every point of the patient journey, including diagnosis. In addition, there is information on IBD available on NHS.UK and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published the IBD quality standard.