Neuromuscular Disorders: Hydrotherapy

(asked on 9th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the (a) availability of and (b) access to hydrotherapy for people living with long-term neurological conditions in (i) Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency and (ii) the UK.


Answered by
Andrew Stephenson Portrait
Andrew Stephenson
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 16th January 2024

Health services are commissioned locally by integrated care boards, which are best placed to make decisions regarding the provision of health services, including hydrotherapy for people living with long-term neurological conditions, to their local population, subject to local prioritisation and funding. These commissioning arrangements apply in England only given that health is a devolved issue.

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