Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure patients continue to receive specialist hydrotherapy in the event that the hydrotherapy pool at Royal Berkshire Hospital is closed.
Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) ran a 12-week public consultation to seek views on the future provision of hydrotherapy services in Berkshire West. At present, the CCG no longer routinely commission the service. However, specialist hydrotherapy services will remain available via an Individual Funding Request for certain clinical circumstances.