Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable treatment, care and support for people with neurological conditions.

The majority of services for those with neurological conditions are commissioned locally by clinical commissioning groups, with NHS England commissioning specialised care through the 25 specialised neurological treatment centres in England. NHS England’s service specification sets out what providers must have in place to deliver specialised neurological care to support equity of access to high quality services for patients.

The National Neurosciences Advisory Group are currently developing optimum clinical pathways for people with neurological conditions. The aim of these pathways is to support the improvement of services, set out aspirations for good care and enable good commissioning of neurological services locally and nationally. In addition, the Department has announced the development of a cross-Government strategy on acquired brain injury and potentially other neurological conditions.