Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2016 to Question 54104, on Neuromuscular Disorders; South East, what the status of funding approval is for the care adviser post; what the remit is of that post and how it will link to specialist neuromuscular centres in London; and when recruitment for that post is expected to begin.

As stated in the answer to Question 54104, NHS England is responsible for commissioning specialised neurological services. NHS England (South) advises that it is supporting ongoing work to identify the job description, remit and geographical area that will be covered by the care adviser post. NHS England (South) is arranging a meeting for the new year with the neuromuscular outreach officer at Muscular Dystrophy UK and Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group to take this work forward.