Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to publish the updated national service specification for specialised rheumatology; and what steps she is taking to ensure that revised standards for multidisciplinary care, staffing, and specialist network provision are implemented across Integrated Care Boards for people living with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

In line with the identical questions received on 21 October from the Hon. Member for Harrow East, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 26 October in response to Question 36778.