Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been prescribed stem cell transplantation therapy for MS in the last five years, by NHS region.

Whilst there is no data available for how many people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been prescribed a stem cell transplant, the British Society for Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy (BSBMTCT) reports that, between 2018 and 2022, there were 232 autologous stem cell transplants performed for MS in England. There may be patients for whom a stem cell transplant was prescribed but they did not go ahead with the transplant.

This data has not been made available to NHS England by BSBMTCT by National Health Service region.