Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of different loads of access for patients with muscle-wasting conditions to neuromuscular care advisor support in (a) Bradford and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber.

No assessment has been made.

NHS England is responsible for commissioning specialised neurological services, including services for patients with neuromuscular disorders. National Health Service providers, working with local area teams, may establish patient access to neuromuscular care advisers if they consider it would benefit service provision. Such decisions are a local matter.