Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people suffering from Huntington's Disease have access to appropriate care and support from healthcare professionals.

Patients with Huntington's disease have access to a range of services including the services of their general practitioner, Associated Health Professionals Neurology services, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language therapy, local mental health services for sufferers and their families, palliative care where appropriate and online resources, including factsheets on england.nhs.uk

In addition, the Neurosciences Clinical Reference Group is continuing to work on the development of a draft Neuropsychiatry service specification and hope to have this completed for consideration in the next few months which will, if implemented, be of relevance for patients with Huntington’s Disease.